The 72 appointees are current members of the AAT, whose existing appointments expire later this week, on 30 June.

Each appointee is set to transition to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) upon its commencement, following the announcement in late 2022 to abolish the AAT.

In a statement, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the reappointments will ensure that the AAT “maintains capacity to hear matters and avoid unnecessary delays for applicants until the new ART commences”.

The ART is set to be, the A-G’s Department proclaimed, a “user-focused, efficient, accessible, independent and fair tribunal”.

It will replace the AAT as soon as practicable before the end of 2024.

“On behalf of the government, I congratulate each of these members on their reappointment to the AAT,” A-G Dreyfus said.

The reappointed non-judicial deputy presidents are Kathryn Millar and Shahyar Roushan.

The senior members whose existing appointments have been extended are Margret Bourke, Nicole Burns, Gabrielle Cullen, Tamara Hamilton-Noy, Michael Ison, Dr Nicholas Manetta, Alison Mercer, Louise Nicholls, Andrew Nikolic AM CSC, Robert Olding, the Honourable John Rau SC, Meenakshi Sripathy, Linda Symons, and Alexander Ward AM.

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And the reappointed members are: Robyn Anderson, William Appleton, Wendy Banfield, David Barker, Angela Beckett, Dr Alexandra Bordujenko, Dr Christhilde Breheny, Moira Brophy, Tina Bubutievski, Anna Burke AO, Alexander Byers, Dr Jennifer Cavanagh, Justine Clarke, Christine Cody, Damian Creedon, Rachel Da Costa, Professor John Devereux, Antonio Dronjic, Peter Emmerton, Dr Stewart Fenwick, Tania Flood, Lana Gallagher, Nicholas Gaudion, Nathan Goetz, Anne Grant, Peter Haag, George Hallwood, Genevieve Hamilton, Dr Jessica Henderson, Dr Susan Hoffman, Linda Holub, Penelope Hunter, Christine Kannis, Nora Lamont, Julia Leonard, Simon Letch, Kate Malyon, Dr Geoffrey Markov, Melissa McAdam, David McCulloch, Andrew McLean-Williams, Alan McMurran, Lilly Mojsin, Marianna Moustafine, Jade Murphy, Paul Noonan, Steven Norman, Jason Pennell, Professor Julie Quinlivan, Tamara Quinn, Peter Ranson, Frank Russo, Wan Shum, David Thompson, Richard West, and Paul Windsor.

The federal government will unveil the commencement date of the ART, as well as further appointments to the AAT and the ART, in due course, the A-G’s Department added.

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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