Maria Vamvakinou (Calwell, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to congratulate Hon. Justice Emilios Kyrou AO on his appointment as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and as President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. I'm particularly proud of Justice Kyrou's appointment because he is a shining example of a migrant success story. In his role as judge of appeals in the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Victoria since 2014, Justice Kyrou has written several judgements dealing with administrative law matters. Previously, from 2008 to 2014, Justice Kyrou was a trial judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, where he was one of the judges in charge of the Supreme Court's judicial review and appeals list.

Growing up in Broadmeadows, he went to Dallas North Primary School in my electorate and, like most migrants, he experienced the difficulties often associated with the migrant experience. He has gone on to be a great success story, has never forgotten where he has come from and is a wonderful role model. He is a proud son of Broadmeadows, and I know that his family is proud of him, as most certainly the broader Greek Australian community is. He will make an excellent contribution and will without doubt bring dignity, excellence and a work ethic critical to the important reforms needed to deliver to Australians a trusted federal administrative review body [Greek language not transcribed].