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Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has reappointed Dr Stephen Donaghue QC as the Solicitor-General of Australia.
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.
