Justice Gageler will succeed Susan Kiefel as chief justice, and Robert Beech-Jones from NSW will join the court.
Justice Stephen Gageler will succeed Susan Kiefel and become the 14th chief justice of Australia, the federal government announced on Tuesday.
Justice Gageler is the most senior judge on the court after Chief Justice Kiefel, having served on the court for 11 years. When he was appointed in 2012, he was the Commonwealth solicitor-general.In a joint statement, the prime minister and attorney-general said Justice Gageler had “an outstanding reputation as a jurist”.
His elevation and the choice of Justice Beech-Jones ends the historic majority of women on Australia’s top court; when Justice Jayne Jagot joined the bench in October 2022, it meant four of the seven justices were female for the first time.
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