The Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for the Australian Capital Territory, is the primary Law Officer of the Crown in the Australian Capital Territory. The Attorney General serves as the chief legal and constitutional adviser of the ACT Government and is the head of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate. Its constitutional role was established in 1989 with the enactment by the Federal Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.
Tara Cheyne, MLA, a representative of the ACT Labor Party, became Attorney-General on 8 November 2024.
List of attorneys-general # Name Took office Left office Timespan Party 1 Rosemary Follett 18 May 1989 14 December 1989 Labor 2 Bernard Collaery 14 December 1989 18 June 1991 Residents Rally 3 Terry Connolly 18 June 1991 17 March 1995 Labor 4 Gary Humphries 17 March 1995 15 December 2000 Liberal 5 Bill Stefaniak 15 December 2000 14 November 2001 Liberal 6 Jon Stanhope 14 November 2001 18 April 2006 Labor 7 Simon Corbell 18 April 2006 31 October 2016 Labor 8 Gordon Ramsay 31 October 2016 3 November 2020 Labor 9 Shane Rattenbury 4 November 2020 7 November 2024 Greens 10 Tara Cheyne 8 November 2024 incumbent Labor
See also Australian Capital Territory ministries Government of the Australian Capital Territory Justice ministry
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