‘Full of Liberal mates’: Labor accuses Coalition of 'stacking' tribunal

Mark Dreyfus says the government has a ‘shameful record’ on appointments to the administrative appeals tribunal

Labor has blasted the attorney general Christian Porter for appointing six former parliamentarians and eight former staffers from Coalition ranks to the administrative appeals tribunal.

Porter announced a total of 34 new appointments to the tribunal on Thursday, including former Liberal Senate president Stephen Parry, who received a seven-year term after quitting politics in 2017 over his dual citizenship.

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