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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Karp

AAT member says he was benched after too many decisions against government

AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal Social Security DSS Guardian Australia
A security guard looks on as people queue outside a Centrelink office
Administrative appeals tribunal member Michael Manetta says he was benched from hearing social security cases in a bid to increase ‘consistency’ between tribunal members’ decisions. Photograph: Scott Barbour/AAP

A member of the administrative appeals tribunal has said he was benched from hearing social security cases because he decided too many against the government.

Michael Manetta says the AAT deputy president, Karen Synon, a former Liberal senator, expressed concern in June 2021 about the number of appeals against his decisions by the Department of Social Services before he was benched in September in a bid to increase “consistency” between tribunal members’ decisions.

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