Documents Regarding The Appointment And Retirement Of Judge Timothy Heffernan To The Federal Circuit Court Of Australia.

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The Attorney-General's Department released Executive Council documents concerning the appointment of Judge Timothy Heffernan and three other judges to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia in October 2015. The disclosure includes a submission recommending Executive Council approval of appointment commissions, with Heffernan assigned to the Adelaide registry commencing 23 November 2015. Documents released comprise the submission minute paper, draft commissions of appointment under the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999, an explanatory memorandum, curricula vitae, and draft appointment letters. The documents are marked Cabinet-in-confidence and sensitive. Substantial redactions appear throughout under section 22(1) (personal information) and section 34(3), with the releasing officer noting certain redactions as irrelevant to the scope of the FOI request.