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A-G to meet with senior members of Biden administration
Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Mark Dreyfus KC MP is travelling to Washington, DC, this week to meet with senior members of the Biden administration.
Lauren Croft
Australian AG Mark Dreyfus will visit the United States this week for high-level meetings in Washington, DC, with US politicians, including the US AG and deputy chief of staff to President Joe Biden.
The AG will meet with US Attorney-General Merrick B Garland, deputy chief of staff to the US President, Bruce Reed, chair of the House Investigative Committee representative Mike Turner, and director of the US Copyright Office Shira Perlmutter.
He will also visit the Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Virginia and participate in “various discussions with leading US experts on artificial intelligence”.
“Australia and the United States have a deep and unwavering partnership. Together, our national security and law enforcement agencies work tirelessly to keep our communities safe from terrorism, tackle serious and organised crime and to protect our most vulnerable from exploitation,” Mr Dreyfus said in a statement to the press.
“I am committed to deepening the cooperation between our two countries on key national security and criminal justice priorities, including the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and the challenge of end-to-end encryption.”
In the AG’s absence, Senator Katy Gallagher will be acting Attorney-General and cabinet secretary.
Lauren Croft
Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel industry publications and Travel Weekly. Originally born in England, Lauren enjoys trying new bars and restaurants, attending music festivals and travelling. She is also a keen snowboarder and pre-pandemic, spent a season living in a French ski resort.
