Everything about The Attorney-general Of Australia totally explained
The
Attorney-General of Australia is the chief law officer of the
Commonwealth of Australia and a
minister of the Crown. The Attorney-General is usually a member of the
Federal Cabinet, but there's no constitutional requirement that this be the case. Under the Constitution he or she's appointed by the
Governor-General on the advice of the
Prime Minister, and serves at the Governor-General's pleasure. In practice the Attorney-General is a party politician and his or her tenure is determined by political factors.
The Attorney-General is head of the
Attorney-General's Department, and is the minister responsible for the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). The Attorney-General also serves as a general legal adviser to the Cabinet, and has carriage of legislation dealing with copyright, human rights and a range of other subjects. The Attorney-General is nearly always a distinguished lawyer, and a number of Attorneys-General have gone on to judicial appointments.
Following the
recent general election, at which Labor's
Kevin Rudd defeated the Liberal/National coalition led by
John Howard,
Robert McClelland replaced
Phillip Ruddock as Attorney-General on
3 December 2007.
List of Australian Attorneys-General
» * Higgins served in the Labor cabinet of
Chris Watson but wasn't a member of the Labor Party. He was a
Protectionist, but agreed to serve because Labor had no suitably qualified lawyer in Parliament.
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