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The Attorney General’s office used an opaque process to appoint law firm Gilbert+Tobin as lawyers assisting the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion without open tender. Stephanie Tran reports.
In response to questions on notice from Senator David Shoebridge, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland revealed that law firm Gilbert+Tobin was not selected through an open tender, but via a restricted “request for quote” process limited to firms on the federal government’s Legal Services Panel.
Gilbert & Tobin is a major sponsor of business lobby group the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC). The AICC is associated with companies involved in war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian territories such as weapons company Elbit Systems.
