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Liberal-appointed tribunal members’ pay claims ‘fishy’, says Labor senator Christopher Knaus © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP Part-time administrative appeals tribunal members appointed by the Coalition are being overpaid by claiming “pretty questionable” hours for their work, a Labor senator has claimed. During a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday, Murray Watt used data on the payment to four part-time members to grill the AAT about the plausibility of their work claims, which he described as “fishy”. Watt raised the pay of part-time m...

Last modified on Wed 14 Apr 2021 03.47 EDT Part-time administrative appeals tribunal members appointed by the Coalition are being overpaid by claiming “pretty questionable” hours for their work, a Labor senator has claimed. During a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday, Murray Watt used data on the payment to four part-time members to grill the AAT about the plausibility of their work claims, which he described as “fishy”. Watt raised the pay of part-time members Vanessa Plain and Jason Harkess – who have both acted pro bono in Liberal party-supported court proceedin...