In 2017, Julian-Armitage defended Coalition policy to impose tougher English language requirements on aspiring Australian citizens. She told Sky News those with greater competence in English are “better equipped to integrate into our community and better understand our values and our way of living”. Porter, the attorney general, said in a statement that “all of the appointees are highly qualified to undertake the important task of conducting merits review of government decisions”. Da Costa worked as an adviser to then-attorney general Daryl Williams and a senior adviser to then-communications minister Helen Coonan. Dougall is a former member of the migration and refugee tribunals, chief of staff to former NSW Nationals minister Don Page and adviser to former federal health minister Michael Wooldridge.