Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory

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Attorney-General of the
Australian Capital Territory
Coat of arms of the Australian Capital Territory
Tara Cheyne in 2015
Incumbent
Tara Cheyne
since 8 November 2024
Justice and Community Safety Directorate
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toChief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
SeatCanberra
NominatorChief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
AppointerACT Legislative Assembly
Formation18 May 1989
First holderRosemary Follett
DeputyACT Government Solicitor
Websitewww.justice.act.gov.au

The Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for the Australian Capital Territory, is the primary Law Officer of the Crown in the Australian Capital Territory. The Attorney General serves as the chief legal and constitutional adviser of the ACT Government and is the head of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate. Its constitutional role was established in 1989 with the enactment by the Federal Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.[1]

Tara Cheyne, MLA, a representative of the ACT Labor Party, became Attorney-General on 8 November 2024.[2][3]

List of attorneys-general

#[4]NameTook officeLeft officeTimespanParty
1Rosemary Follett18 May 198914 December 1989210 daysLabor
2Bernard Collaery14 December 198918 June 19911 year, 186 daysResidents Rally
3Terry Connolly18 June 199117 March 19953 years, 272 daysLabor
4Gary Humphries17 March 199515 December 20005 years, 273 daysLiberal
5Bill Stefaniak15 December 200014 November 2001334 daysLiberal
6Jon Stanhope14 November 200118 April 20065 years, 158 daysLabor
7Simon Corbell18 April 200631 October 201610 years, 196 daysLabor
8Gordon Ramsay31 October 20163 November 20204 years, 3 daysLabor
9Shane Rattenbury4 November 20207 November 20245 years, 21 daysGreens
10Tara Cheyne8 November 2024incumbent1 year, 18 daysLabor

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth). s 3 (definition of ‘Attorney-General of the Territory’).
  2. ↑ Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Ministerial Appointment 2024 (No 1) (ACT).
  3. ↑ "A progressive and proven ACT Cabinet". Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. 7 November 2024.
  4. ↑ O'Neill, Patrick. "Australian Capital Territory Attorneys-General 1989+". List of Australian Attorneys-General. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2015.