There is a plethora of legal and regulatory roles to be filled in the AG’s portfolio
With Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus about to announce the next chief justice of the Federal Court, expect him to quickly turn his attention to the head of theIn fact, there are a plethora of legal and regulatory roles in the AG’s portfolio that require Dreyfus’ attention.
Dreyfus’ office said an acting FOI commissioner would be announced “in due course”, but we suspect that person will be in the job for a while given the CDPP experience.Scott Bruckard, who has been with the office for 22 years, has been acting head since McNaughton’s exit. It came soon afterover national security leaks related to negotiations over oil and gas in the Timor Sea.
On that front, don’t expect the head of the new body to also have a commission to the Federal Court. There were a lot of noses out of joint whenLet’s just say some did not see her as the next in line to join the bench full-time.
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