Minister for Justice (Australia)
Encyclopedia
The Australian Minister for Justice is the Hon Brendan O'Connor MP. The position supports the Attorney-General
. Michael Tate
was appointed the first minister with this title on 18 September 1987 and there have ministers with responsibilities for justice ever since except between 3 December 2007 and 14 September 2010.
Attorney-General of Australia
The Attorney-General of Australia is the first law officer of the Crown, 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 is no constitutional requirement that this be the case since the...
. Michael Tate
Michael Tate
Michael Carter Tate AO is a former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest....
was appointed the first minister with this title on 18 September 1987 and there have ministers with responsibilities for justice ever since except between 3 December 2007 and 14 September 2010.
List of justice ministers
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Tate Michael Tate Michael Carter Tate AO is a former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest.... |
Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1987–1990 | Minister for Justice |
| 1990–1992 | Minister for Justice and Consumer Affairs | ||
| 1992–1993 | Minister for Justice | ||
| Duncan Kerr Duncan Kerr Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr SC is an Australian Senior Counsel and former politician.Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Kerr was educated at the University of Tasmania, where at one stage he was President of the Tasmania University Union and has degrees in both law and social work... |
1993–1996 | ||
| Daryl Williams Daryl Williams Daryl Robert Williams AM QC , Australianpolitician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to October 2004, representing the Division of Tangney, Western Australia.-Biography:... |
Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1996–1997 | |
| Amanda Vanstone Amanda Vanstone Amanda Eloise Vanstone is a former Australian politician and a former Ambassador to Italy. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007, she served as the Australian... |
1997–1998 | ||
| 1998–2001 | Minister for Justice and Customs | ||
| Chris Ellison Chris Ellison Christopher Martin Ellison , is a former Liberal member of the Australian Senate. He represented Western Australia in the Senate from July 1993 to January 2009.-Background:... |
2001–2007 | ||
| Brendan O'Connor | Labor Party | 2010– | Minister for Justice |