Mark Dreyfus

The Honourable Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Attorney-General of Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Katy Gallagher
In office 4 February 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Nicola Roxon
Succeeded by	George Brandis
Cabinet Secretary
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Position re-established
In office 14 September 2010 – 4 February 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Joe Ludwig
Succeeded by	Jason Clare
Special Minister of State
In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Gary Gray
Succeeded by	Michael Ronaldson
Minister for the Public Service and Integrity
In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Gary Gray
Succeeded by	Eric Abetz
Member of Parliament for Isaacs
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2007
Preceded by	Ann Corcoran
Personal details
Born	Mark Alfred Dreyfus (1956-10-03) 3 October 1956 (age 67) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Deborah Chemke ​ ​ (m. 1983; died 2023)​
Residence(s)	Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Profession	Lawyer
Website	www.markdreyfus.com

Mark Alfred Dreyfus KC (born 3 October 1956) is an Australian politician and lawyer who has been attorney-general of Australia and cabinet secretary since June 2022, having held both roles previously in 2013 and from 2010 to 2013 respectively. Dreyfus is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and has been the MP for Isaacs since the 2007 election.

Before beginning his political career, Dreyfus worked as a barrister for two decades, specialising in constitutional, commercial and environmental law. After winning the seat of Isaacs in 2007, Dreyfus was appointed to the Cabinet in September 2010 by Julia Gillard as Cabinet Secretary. In February 2013, following the resignation of Nicola Roxon, he was moved to become Attorney-General for the first time. After Kevin Rudd replaced Gillard as Prime Minister in June 2013, Dreyfus was retained as Attorney-General and given the additional roles of Special Minister of State and Minister for the Public Service and Integrity. He would hold these positions for less than three months, as Labor was defeated in the 2013 election.

Throughout Labor's subsequent nine years in opposition, Dreyfus served as shadow attorney-general under both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese. Following Labor's victory in the 2022 election, he was appointed to the positions of Attorney-General and Cabinet Secretary for the second time within the Albanese Government. During his second tenure as attorney-general, he has led the Government's efforts to introduce a national anti-corruption commission, abolished the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), and initiated a royal commission regarding the unlawful Robodebt scheme. He ordered the discontinuation of the prosecution of whistleblower Bernard Collaery, and has pledged reform to the Privacy Act in response to several high-profile data breaches that have taken place in Australia.