Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

Over recent weeks, those opposite—including the opposition leader—have complained that the AAT is, in Mr Dutton's words, 'stacked with political appointees' who can't be trusted to approve warrants for the new proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission. Those opposite appear to have no sense of irony at all. According to the opposition leader, the members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal lack the independence and requisite level of oversight and intellect to perform the important role of approving warrants, even though, as Minister for Home Affairs, this same Leader of the Opposition dramatically expanded the role of AAT members in issuing warrants.

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