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Line 1: {{Short description\|~~First law officer of the Crown~~Minister and chief law officer ~~of the Commonwealth~~ of Australia}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2022}} {{Use Australian English\|date=September 2022}} Line 9: \| flag = Flag of Australia (converted).svg \| flagcaption = [[Flag of Australia]] \| image = Mark Dreyfus ~~2015~~headshot.jpg \| imagesize = 170 \| incumbent = [[Mark Dreyfus]] Line 15: \| department = [[Attorney-General's Department (Australia)\|Attorney-General's Department]] \| style = [[The Honourable]] (formal)<br/>Attorney-General (spoken) \| member_of = [[Cabinet of Australia]]<br/>[[Federal Executive Council (Australia)\|Federal Executive Council]]<br/>[[National Security Committee (Australia)\|National Security Committee]]<br/>[[Cabinet of Australia#~~Current~~ Cabinet ~~Committees~~committees\|Indigenous Policy Committee]]<br/>[[Cabinet of Australia#~~Current~~ Cabinet ~~Committees~~committees\|Governance Committee]] \| reports_to = ~~[[Prime Minister of Australia\|Prime Minister]]~~ \| seat = [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory\|ACT]] \| nominator = ~~Prime Minister~~ \| appointer = [[Governor-General of Australia\|Governor-General]] \| appointer_qualified = on the [[Advice (constitutional)\|advice]] of the prime minister \| termlength = [[At the Governor-General's pleasure]] \| constituting_instrument = ~~Section 64, [[Constitution of Australia]]~~ \| formation = 1 January 1901 \| first = [[Alfred Deakin]] \| salary = $336,599.25 ~~(AUD)~~<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1819/Quick_Guides/ParliamentaryRemuneration\|title=2018 Parliamentary remuneration and business resources: a quick guide\|date=6 September 2018\|website=Parliament of Australia\|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref> \| website = {{URL\|https://~~ministers~~www.ag.gov.au/~~hon-mark-dreyfus-kc-mp~~}} }} The '''attorney-general of Australia''' ('''AG''') is the [[Minister (government)\|minister of state]] and [[Attorney general\|chief law officer]] of the [[Australia\|Commonwealth of Australia]] charged with overseeing federal [[Australian legal system\|legal affairs]] and public security as the head of the [[Attorney-General's Department (Australia)\|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 Australian federal election\|2022 federal election]].<ref name="gallagherag">{{Cite news \|last=Worthington \|first=Brett \|date=31 May 2022 \|title=Meet the new cabinet: Who's who in Albanese's new ministry \|work=ABC News \|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/meet-the-new-cabinet-who-s-who-in-albanese-s-new-ministry-20220531-p5aq02.html \|accessdate=31 May 2022}}</ref> By convention, the attorney-general is a [[lawyer]]. The '''Attorney-General'''<ref group="note">The title is officially "Attorney-General". For the purposes of distinguishing the office from other [[attorneys-general]], and in accordance with usual practice in the [[United Kingdom]] and other common law jurisdictions, the Australian Attorney-General uses the term "Attorney-General for Australia" or the "Commonwealth Attorney-General": see [http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au Attorney-General website]. Historically, "Attorney-General of Australia" was also used.</ref> for Australia is the [[First Law Officer of the Crown]] in right of the [[Commonwealth of Australia]], chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia and a [[Minister of State (Australia)\|minister of state]]. The attorney-general is usually a member of the [[Cabinet of Australia\|Federal Cabinet]], but need not be. Under the [[Constitution of Australia\|Constitution]], they are appointed by the [[Governor-General of Australia\|Governor-General]] on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of Australia\|Prime Minister]], and serve at the Governor-General's pleasure. In practice, the attorney-general is a party politician and their tenure is determined by political factors. By convention, but not constitutional requirement, the attorney-general is a lawyer by training (either a barrister or solicitor). ItThe attorney-general is one of only four ~~ministerial~~ positions (in the [[Commonwealth Government]] to have continuously been held since federation, along with ~~Prime~~the ~~Minister~~prime minister, the [[Minister for Defence (Australia)\|~~Minister~~minister for ~~Defence~~defence]] and the [[Treasurer of Australia\|~~Treasurer]]) that has existed since [[Federation of Australia\|Federation~~treasurer]].<ref>{{cite book \|editor1-last=Elder \|editor1-first=DR \|editor2-last=Fowler \|editor2-first=PE \|title=House of Representatives Practice \|date=June 2018 \|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia \|location=Canberra, Australia \|isbn=978-1-74366-656-2 \|edition=7th \|chapter-url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/Practice7/HTML/Chapter2/The_Ministry \|access-date=19 October 2019 \|language=en-AU \|chapter=Chapter 2: The Ministry}}</ref> The ~~current~~ attorney-general is ~~[[Mark Dreyfus]] MP, who was sworn~~assisted in ~~on 1 June 2022 as part of~~ his ~~cabinet~~portfolio ~~following~~by the [[~~2022~~parliamentary ~~Australian federal election~~secretary]]~~.<ref~~ ~~name="gallagherag">{{Cite~~to ~~news~~the ~~\|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/meet~~attorney-~~the-new-cabinet-who-s-who-in-albanese-s-new-ministry-20220531-p5aq02.html~~general, \|title=Meet the new cabinet: Who’s who in Albanese’s new ministry \|last=Worthington \|first=Brett \|work=ABC News \|date=31 May 2022 \|accessdate=31 May 2022}}</ref> Dreyfus is assisted in his portfolio bycurrently the '''~~Assistant~~assistant ~~Minister~~minister for the Republic''' ~~held by~~ [[Matt Thistlethwaite]].<ref name="ministry">{{cite web \|title=Ministry List as at 1 June 2022 \|url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/ministry-list-20220601.pdf \|publisher=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet \|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> ==History== Line 280: \|- \| rowspan=3 align=center\| 13 \| rowspan=3 \| ~~Dr.~~ [[H. V. Evatt]] {{post-nominals \|country=AUS\|KC}} \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=3 \| Labor Line 600: \| align=right\|{{age in years and days\|2021\|03\|30\|2022\|5\|23}} \|- \| align=center\| 39''n/a'' \| Senator [[Katy Gallagher]] {{ref\|5\|5\| 5}} \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| Line 611: \| align=right\|{{age in years and days\|2022\|5\|23\|2022\|6\|1}} \|- \| align=center\| ~~''n/a''~~39 \| Mark Dreyfus {{post-nominals \|country=AUS\|KC}} \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| Line 629: ==List of assistant ministers for the republic== The position is ~~responsible~~tasked ~~for~~with promoting the [[Albanese government]]'s policy of [[Republicanism in Australia\|establishing of a republic]] ~~and is the first Commonwealth portfolio for republic policy~~.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Crellin \|first1=Zac \|title=~~Here’s~~Here's ~~what’s~~what's on the agenda for ~~Australia’s~~Australia's first-ever Assistant Minister for the Republic \|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2022/06/02/republic-australia-minister/ \|access-date=4 June 2022 \|publisher=The New Daily \|date=2 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="ministry"/> It is the first such position held by a Commonwealth minister. {\| class="wikitable"