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Mark Dreyfus
House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Right
Biography
Mark Alfred Dreyfus (born 3 October 1956) is an Australian politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and has been the MP for Isaacs since the 2007 election. Dreyfus served as the attorney-general of Australia in 2013 and then 2022 to 2025, and as cabinet secretary from 2010 to 2013 and then 2022 to 2025. 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…
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- Date of birth
- 1956-10-03
- Place of birth
- Perth, Australia
- APH identifier
- HWG
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Chris Bowen · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Karen Grogan · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jana Stewart · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Alison Byrnes · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Cassandra Fernando · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Zaneta Mascarenhas · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jerome Laxale · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Claire Clutterham · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 1 June 2022–13 May 2025Cabinet Secretary
- 1 June 2022–13 May 2025Cabinet Minister
- 1 June 2022–13 May 2025Attorney-General
- 2 June 2019–23 May 2022Shadow Minister — for — Constitutional Reform
- 23 July 2016–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — National Security
- 18 October 2013–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — the Arts
- 18 October 2013–23 May 2022Shadow Cabinet Minister
- 18 October 2013–1 June 2022Shadow Attorney-General
Committee service
- 15 September 2016–presentJoint Statutory — Intelligence and Security
- 25 November 2014–9 May 2016Joint Statutory — Intelligence and Security
- 4 December 2013–9 May 2016House of Representatives Standing — Social Policy and Legal Affairs
- 4 December 2013–9 May 2016House of Representatives Standing — Environment
- 12 March 2008–19 July 2010Joint Statutory — Intelligence and Security
- 19 February 2008–19 July 2010House of Representatives Standing — Legal and Constitutional Affairs — Chair
Qualifications
- Date not recordedLLB
- Date not recordedBA
Occupations
- 1 January 1987–1 January 2007Barrister from 1987 to 2007.
- 1 January 1985–1 January 1987Ministerial adviser to the Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Minister for Corrections (Vic.) from 1985 to 1987.
- 1 January 1982–1 January 1985Solicitor from 1982 to 1985.
- 1 January 1982–1 January 1982Research Fellow at the National Research Institute of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 1982.
- 1 January 1979–1 January 1981Field officer of the Northern Land Council, Darwin, from 1979 to 1981.