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CEO of Administrative Review Tribunal named
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has appointed the new chief executive and principal registrar of the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART).
Jerome Doraisamy
Michael Hawkins AM has been appointed the inaugural CEO and principal registrar of the ART, following on from his current role as registrar of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).
“I congratulate him on his appointment and thank him for his leadership of the AAT’s important work towards establishing the ART,” the A-G noted.
Hawkins will serve a five-year term and was assessed as suitable for appointment by an independent assessment panel through a transparent and merit-based process.
The ART is set to commence on 14 October 2024.
Elsewhere, the federal government has appointed 17 members to the AAT and 20 members to the ART.
Senior member Dr Irene O’Connell OAM and members Mark Ascione, Kim Boyd, Geoffrey Bull, Micah Burch, Arti Chetty, Gabrielle Curtis, Samantha Fitzsimons, Rosaline Germov, Bill Gerogiannis, Kathryn Gillingham, Dr Brendan Gogarty, Anita Goldsworthy, Lorraine Hill, Adrian Ho, Daniel Stewart, and Alexandra Stratigos have all been appointed to the AAT.
Senior members Philip Martin, Cabrini Shepherd, Theresa Simon, Aaron Suthers, Sabine Thode, Major General David Thomae AM, and Christopher Thwaites, as well as members Rebecca Baggiano, Daniel Bartlett, Michelle Baulch, Dione Dimitriadis, Joanne Dunne, Deborah Heron, Virajith Hewaarachchi, Dr Asher Hirsch, Rosemary Mathlin, Kylie McGrath, Professor Tania Sourdin, Bryony Walters, and Jennifer Wilson have been appointed to the ART.
The government will announce further appointments to the AAT and the ART in due course.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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