Former Labor A-G appointed judge
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The Abbott government has appointed former Labor attorney-general Robert McClelland as a Family Court judge.
Justice McClelland, the son of Whitlam government minister Doug McClelland and a Labor MP from 1996 to 2013, will be sworn in on June 16.
"The government and I wish Justice McClelland well in what will no doubt be a distinguished judicial career," Attorney-General George Brandis told a Senate committee on Thursday.
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