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{{Short description|
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2022}}
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| flag = Flag of Australia (converted).svg
| flagcaption = [[Flag of Australia]]
| image =
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| incumbent = [[Mark Dreyfus]]
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| 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#
| reports_to =
| seat = [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
| nominator =
| 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 =
| formation = 1 January 1901
| first = [[Alfred Deakin]]
| salary = $336,599.25
| website = {{URL|https://
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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]].
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==List of assistant ministers for the republic==
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