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Chief Justices weigh in on judicial pension changes
Chief Justices of the Federal Court, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory have made submissions to an inquiry considering changes to superannuation laws that would increase taxes on Cth and Territory judges pension payments
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