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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

A-G defends new powers to select judges Libs say allow captain's picks

The Attorney-General has defended changes to the way judges and magistrates can be appointed in the ACT, rejecting opposition criticism she had granted herself the power to make a captain's pick.

Tara Cheyne said the changes were "eminently sensible" and the support of key legal stakeholders was needed for appointments to proceed without an expressions-of-interest process.

Attorney-General Tara Cheyne. Picture by Gary Ramage
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