Ashby is now Pauline Hanson’s chief-of-staff, but worked previously as media adviser for former parliamentary speaker Slipper.
“Ashby alleged that the delegation of authority to decide whether an act of grace payment application should be granted was ‘flawed’, so that the delegate did not have authority to refuse the application,” according to court documents.“It was common ground before the primary judge that the relevant delegate was the Assistant Secretary of the Risk and Claims Branch, Procurement and Insurance Division, of the Department, whose power to authorise an act of grace payment was capped at $50,000.
On Thursday, three Federal Court judges - Anna Katzmann, Wendy Abraham and Scott Goodman - granted Ashby’s appeal a time extension, but in the same judgment, dismissed his appeal.“The primary judge was correct for the reasons that His Honour gave. The appeal should be dismissed with costs.”“Ashby has not established any error in the primary judge’s reasoning or conclusion ...
“Ashby could not articulate a proper basis as to how the factual findings he contended for were necessary, or even relevant.”
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