AAT lawyer accused of ‘vile language’ in tweets targeting conservatives

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Labor appointed a partisan lawyer with a history of abusing conservatives on social media to one of the top jobs on the Administrative Review Tribunal (formerly the Administrative Appeals Tribunal or AAT), the Coalition has alleged. At a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, Liberal senator Michaelia Cash tabled a slew of tweets allegedly made by silk and new ART deputy president Clare Thompson, demanding that the Attorney-General’s department explain how her appointment was approved given the “repulsive” language.

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