Mark Dreyfus | |
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| Attorney-General of Australia | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Katy Gallagher |
| In office 4 February 2013 – 18 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Nicola Roxon |
| Succeeded by | George Brandis |
| Cabinet Secretary | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Position re-established |
| In office 14 September 2010 – 4 February 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Joe Ludwig |
| Succeeded by | Jason Clare |
| Special Minister of State | |
| In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Gary Gray |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ronaldson |
| Minister for the Public Service and Integrity | |
| In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Gary Gray |
| Succeeded by | Eric Abetz |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Isaacs | |
| Assumed office 24 November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Ann Corcoran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Alfred Dreyfus 3 October 1956 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse |
Deborah Chemke
(m. 1983; died 2023) |
| Residence(s) | Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | www |
Mark Alfred Dreyfus KC (born 3 October 1956) is an Australian politician and lawyer who has been attorney-general of Australia and cabinet secretary since June 2022, having held both roles previously in 2013 and from 2010 to 2013 respectively. Dreyfus is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and has been the MP for Isaacs since the 2007 election.
Before beginning his political career, Dreyfus worked as a barrister for two decades, specialising in constitutional, commercial and environmental law. After winning the seat of Isaacs in 2007, Dreyfus was appointed to the Cabinet in September 2010 by Julia Gillard as Cabinet Secretary. In February 2013, following the resignation of Nicola Roxon, he was moved to become Attorney-General for the first time. After Kevin Rudd replaced Gillard as Prime Minister in June 2013, Dreyfus was retained as Attorney-General and given the additional roles of Special Minister of State and Minister for the Public Service and Integrity. He would hold these positions for less than three months, as Labor was defeated in the 2013 election.
Throughout Labor's subsequent nine years in opposition, Dreyfus served as shadow attorney-general under both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese. Following Labor's victory in the 2022 election, he was appointed to the positions of Attorney-General and Cabinet Secretary for the second time within the Albanese Government. During his second tenure as attorney-general, he has led the Government's efforts to introduce a national anti-corruption commission, abolished the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), and initiated a royal commission regarding the unlawful Robodebt scheme. He ordered the discontinuation of the prosecution of whistleblower Bernard Collaery, and has pledged reform to the Privacy Act in response to several high-profile data breaches that have taken place in Australia.