Gaetano (Tony) Pagone is a retired Australian

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who previously served as a judge of the

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from 21 June 2013 until 31 March 2018. Until 21 June 2013, he was a judge of the

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in the

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. He completed secondary education at De La Salle College,

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and completed tertiary education at

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, graduating B.A., Dip.Ed., LL.B. Issue 9 Winter/Autumn 2002 Monash Magazine. In 1983, he obtained an LL.M. from Trinity Hall,

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. In 2001, he was awarded a Monash Distinguished Alumni Award. Pagone was appointed as

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in 1996. He was first appointed to the Supreme Court in 2001, and served until June 2002, when he took up the position of special counsel to the Commissioner of Taxation until December 2003. He was appointed to the Supreme Court again in May 2007, and was the judge in charge of the Commercial Court. He is a professorial fellow at the

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. The Honorable Tony Pagone QC was appointed as Commissioner to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety on 13 September 2019. In 2022, Pagone was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the

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for "significant service to the law, to the judiciary, and to professional associations".

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