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The Attorney-General is head of the Attorney-General's Department, and is the minister responsible for the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). The Attorney also serves as a general legal advisor to the Cabinet, and has carriage of legislation dealing with copyright, human rights and a range of other subjects. The Attorney-General is nearly always a distinguished lawyer, and a number of Attorneys-General have gone on to judicial appointments.


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  • Higgins served in the Labor cabinet of Chris Watson but was not a member of the Labor Party. He was a Protectionist , but agreed to serve because Labor had no suitably qualified lawyer in Parliament.