Attorney General of New South Wales

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The Attorney General of New South Wales is the chief law officer of the Australian state of New South Wales, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice, legal policy, and the state’s legal system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
ministerial position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New South Wales ⓘ
appointedBy Governor of New South Wales ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil law policy in New South Wales ⓘ
constitutional legal issues in New South Wales ⓘ
criminal law policy in New South Wales ⓘ
human rights and anti-discrimination law policy in New South Wales ⓘ
hasRole develop legal policy for New South Wales ⓘ
introduce legal and justice-related legislation ⓘ
oversee administration of justice in New South Wales ⓘ
oversee courts and tribunals policy ⓘ
oversee law reform processes ⓘ
oversee legal profession regulation policy ⓘ
provide legal advice to the Government of New South Wales ⓘ
represent the Crown in legal matters in New South Wales ⓘ
supervise public prosecutions framework ⓘ
supervise state legal system ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction state of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalSystem Australian legal system ⓘ
common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New South Wales ⓘ
memberOf New South Wales Cabinet ⓘ
nominatedBy Premier of New South Wales ⓘ
officeHolderOf chief law officer of New South Wales ⓘ
officeType state attorney-general ⓘ
oversees Department of Communities and Justice (New South Wales) ⓘ
courts administration policy in New South Wales ⓘ
guardianship and trustee policy in New South Wales ⓘ
justice policy in New South Wales ⓘ
law reform in New South Wales ⓘ
legal aid policy in New South Wales ⓘ
victims support policy in New South Wales ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of New South Wales ⓘ
Government of New South Wales ⓘ
precededBy Attorney-General for the Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
Premier of New South Wales ⓘ
requiresQualification member of the New South Wales Parliament ⓘ
residence Sydney ⓘ
seat Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
style The Honourable ⓘ

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Minns ministry → includesOffice → Attorney General of New South Wales ⓘ
courts of New South Wales → hasAdministrativeHead → Attorney General of New South Wales ⓘ
George Fuller → positionHeld → Attorney-General of New South Wales ⓘ
subject linked to: George Fuller (politician)
linked to: Attorney General of New South Wales
Edmund Barton → positionHeld → Attorney-General of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New South Wales
John Hubert Plunkett → occupation → Attorney-General of New South Wales ⓘ
subject linked to: Plunkett
linked to: Attorney General of New South Wales
Attorney General of New South Wales → precededBy → Attorney-General for the Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New South Wales