Administrative Appeals Tribunal

A further 21 highly paid RBA staff members in the $265,000 to $270,000 band received average severance checks of $18,131.

At the newly established Administrative Review Tribunal, which replaced the abolished Administrative Appeals Tribunal, An unnamed senior executive in the $395,001 to $420,000 band was handed a $241,896 termination benefit, bringing their total payout for the year to $398,440.

Two senior executives in the $520,001 to $545,000 band at the infrastructure department received an average termination benefit of $145,389 each.

while four senior executives in the $395,001 to $420,000 band received an average termination benefit of $42,009 each.

That's denied.

But then appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal or whatever it's called and wins.

Tony Burke then says, oh, well, look, most cases like this then go back to the minister and then the visa gets cancelled.

I mean, how many layers of bureaucracy do we need to go through to determine whether someone should be allowed to stay in Australia or not? I mean, it just seems to be a never-ending cycle of appeals.

I think it puts the weight back on the government to have to direct again how the tribunal should use its authorities when it comes to dealing with these people because they should not be allowed to remain in Australia having committed in some cases horrendous crimes and the presumption should be more about the threat to Australian safety rather than I think frankly largely illusory risks to individuals that might happen if they're sent to Nauru.

I mean, I think the whole Administrative Appeals Tribunal needs to be rethought because this is just the latest in a long line of truly inexplicable decisions.

Peter Jennings, thank you so much for your insights analysis for joining us tonight.

All right, let's have a look at some of the other headlines now.

The backstory.

The Administrative Review Tribunal decided the information should be released in the public interest.

Labor's now appealing that decision.

And here's where it gets spicy.