Angelo Vasta

Angelo Vasta was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He took office on 13 February 1984. On 24 October 1988, Mr Vasta either stood down or was stood down as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland after evidence of his friendship with the suspended Queensland Police Commissioner Terence Lewis was given at the Fitzgerald Inquiry a week earlier. [1]. He was formally removed from office on 8 June 1989 by an Act of the Queensland Parliament, the only occasion since Federation that any parliament in Australia has removed a Supreme Court judge. [2][3]

His son, Ross Vasta, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2010, and previously served from 2004 to 2007.[4]

Another son, Salvatore Vasta, was appointed as judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia in December 2014 and commenced on 1 January 2015. [5]

References
  1. Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee. "Honourable Angelo Vasta (Reversal of Removal) Bill 2017" (PDF). Parliament.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. Campbell, Enid; Lee, H. P. (2013). The Australian Judiciary. Cambridge University Press. p. 120.
  3. Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee. "Honourable Angelo Vasta (Reversal of Removal) Bill 2017" (PDF). Parliament.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. Green, Antony. "Bonner (Key Seat)". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. "Judge Salvatore Vasta". directory.gov.au. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

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