Attorney General of Australia Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The Attorney General of Australia is the chief law officer of the Crown and a member of the Federal Cabinet. He or she is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister, and serves at the Governor-General's pleasure.

The Attorney General is head of the Department of Justice and is the minister responsible for police, legal affairs and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. This last duty has caused conflict in the past, such as in 1973, when ASIO refused to release documents to the Attorney General, Lionel Murphy. Murphy personally led a raid on ASIO headquarters to retrieve the files concerned.

List of Australian Attorneys General

• 1 Alfred Deakin Protectionist Party 1901-1903
• 2 James Drake Protectionist Party 1903-1904
• 3 Henry Higgins Australian Labor Party 1904
• 4 Senator Josiah Symon Free Trade Party 1904-1905
• 5 Isaac Isaacs Protectionist 1905-1906
• 6 Littleton Groom Protectionist 1906-1908
• 7 Billy Hughes Australian Labor Party 1908-1909
• 8 Patrick Glynn Free Trade Party 1909-1910
• 9 Billy Hughes Australian Labor Party 1910-1913
• 10 William Irvine Commonwealth Liberal Party 1913-1914
• 11 Billy Hughes Australian Labor Party/Nationalist Party 1914-1921
• 12 Littleton Groom Nationalist Party 1921-1925
• 13 John Greig Latham Nationalist Party 1925-1929
• 14 Frank Brennan Australian Labor Party 1929-1932
• 15 John Greig Latham United Australia Party 1932-1934
• 16 Robert Menzies United Australia Party 1934-1938
• 17 Billy Hughes United Australia Party 1938-1941
• 18 Herbert Evatt Australian Labor Party 1941-1949
• 19 Senator John Spicer Liberal Party of Australia 1949-1956
• 20 Senator Neil O?Sullivan Liberal Party of Australia 1956-1958
• 21 Garfield Barwick Liberal Party of Australia 1958-1964
• 22 Billy Snedden Liberal Party of Australia 1964-1966
• 23 Nigel Bowen Liberal Party of Australia 1966-1969
• 24 Thomas Hughes Liberal Party of Australia 1969-1971
• 25 Nigel Bowen Liberal Party of Australia 1971
• 26 Senator Ivor Greenwood Liberal Party of Australia 1971-1972
• 27 Gough Whitlam Australian Labor Party 1972
• 28 Lionel Murphy Australian Labor Party 1972-1975
• 29 Senator Ivor Greenwood Liberal Party of Australia 1975
• 30 Robert Ellicott Liberal Party of Australia 1975-1977
• 31 Senator Peter Durack 1977-1983
• 32 Gareth John Evans Australian Labor Party 1983-1984
• 33 Lionel Bowen Australian Labor Party 1984-1990
• 34 Michael Duffy Australian Labor Party 1990-1993
• 35 Duncan Kerr Australian Labor Party 1993
• 36 Michael Lavarch Australian Labor Party 1993-1996
• 37 Daryl Williams Liberal Party of Australia 1996-2003
• 38 Philip Ruddock Liberal Party of Australia 2003-

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