| Attorney-General of Australia | |
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| Attorney-General's Department | |
| Style | The Honourable (formal) Attorney-General (spoken) |
| Member of | Cabinet of Australia Federal Executive Council National Security Committee Indigenous Policy Committee Governance Committee |
| Seat | Canberra, ACT |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the advice of the prime minister |
| Term length | At the Governor-General's pleasure |
| Formation | 1 January 1901 |
| First holder | Alfred Deakin |
| Salary | $336,599.25[1] |
| Website | www |
The attorney-general of Australia (AG) is the minister of state and chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing federal legal affairs and public security as the head of the Attorney-General’s Department. The current attorney-general is Mark Dreyfus, who was chosen by prime minister Anthony Albanese on June 2022 following the 2022 federal election.[2] By convention, the attorney-general is a lawyer.
The attorney-general is one of only four positions in the Commonwealth Government to have continuously been held since federation, along with the prime minister, the minister for defence and the treasurer.[3]
The attorney-general is assisted in his portfolio by the parliamentary secretary to the attorney-general, currently the assistant minister for the Republic Matt Thistlethwaite.[4]
- ^ "2018 Parliamentary remuneration and business resources: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Worthington, Brett (31 May 2022). "Meet the new cabinet: Who's who in Albanese's new ministry". ABC News. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Elder, DR; Fowler, PE, eds. (June 2018). "Chapter 2: The Ministry". House of Representatives Practice (7th ed.). Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia. ISBN 978-1-74366-656-2. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Ministry List as at 1 June 2022" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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