AWL COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNTRY’S FIRST FEMALE FEDERAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE

The Prime Minister and Attorney-General have today announced the new chief justice of the Federal Court of Australia.

In a statement earlier today (Friday, 31 March), Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said that Governor-General David Hurley had accepted the federal government’s advice to appoint the Honourable Justice Debra Mortimer (pictured) as the nation’s new Chief Justice of the Federal Court.