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Solicitor-General reappointed for 5-year term
Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has reappointed Dr Stephen Donaghue QC as the Solicitor-General of Australia.
Jerome Doraisamy
Dr Donaghue’s reappointment is for a term of five years.
“He has also played an active role in identifying, raising and managing matters of whole-of-government legal risk, including through his role on the significant legal issues committee,” she said.
“On behalf of the Australian government, I congratulate Dr Donaghue on his reappointment.”
The Solicitor-General is the second law officer of the Commonwealth and the principal legal counsel to the Australian government, the Attorney-General’s Department said in a statement.
“In addition to leading the Commonwealth in significant matters before the courts, the Solicitor-General provides advice to the government on questions of law as they arise, in particular on constitutional and other public law matters,” it noted.
Prior to his appointment as Solicitor-General, Dr Donaghue had practised as a barrister after being called to the Victorian Bar in 2001.
He was appointed senior counsel in 2011 and subsequently Queen’s Counsel in 2014.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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