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John Michael Batt AM (born 22 September 1935) is a former Australian jurist who was a Court of Appeal justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria. [1] He retired from the court in 2005, and prior to his judgeship had served as the Bar representative on the Chief Justice's Supreme Court Rules Committee.

In 2016 Batt was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law and to the judiciary in Victoria, to legal scholarship, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. [2]

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    2. Premier of Victoria: Jacinta Allan
    3. Premier of Queensland: Annastacia Palaszczuk
    4. Premier of Western Australia: Mark McGowan
    5. Premier of South Australia: Peter Malinauskas
    6. Premier of Tasmania: Jeremy Rockliff
    7. Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory: Andrew Barr
    8. Chief Minister of the Northern Territory: Natasha Fyles
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    2. Michelle Gordon AC
    3. James Edelman
    4. Simon Steward
    5. Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson
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    2. President of the Fair Work Commission: Iain Ross
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    5. Chief Justice of Western Australia
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    2. The Rt Hon Sir William Heseltine
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    2. Lord Mayor of Melbourne: Sally Capp
    3. Lord Mayor of Brisbane: Adrian Schrinner
    4. Lord Mayor of Perth: Basil Zempilas
    5. Lord Mayor of Adelaide: Sandy Verschoor
    6. Lord Mayor of Hobart: Anna Reynolds
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    2. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland: Curtis Pitt
    3. President of the Victorian Legislative Council: Nazih Elasmar
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    5. President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council: Craig Farrell
    6. President of the South Australian Legislative Council: John Dawkins)
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References

  1. ↑ "Remarks of the Hon The Chief Justice upon the announcement of the new Victorian Senior Counsel" (PDF). Austlii.edu. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L)" (PDF). Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists. Office of the Governor-General of Australia. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.


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