Attorney-General’s Department organisational structure
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Organisational structure
Our Secretary Katherine Jones PSM is the head of our department. We are structured into 5 groups. Within each group there are divisions and each division is organised into branches.
Australian Government Solicitor Group
The Australian Government Solicitor, Michael Kingston, leads the Australian Government Solicitor Group.
- Office of the AGS COO
- Office of General Counsel
- Dispute Resolution
- Commercial
Legal Services and Families Group
The Deputy Secretary of the Legal Services and Families Group is Iain Anderson.
- Families and Legal System
- Legal System
- Family Law
- Family Safety
- Legal Services Policy
- Office of Constitutional Law
- Office of Legal Services Coordination
- Royal Commissions Commonwealth Representation
- Legal Assistance
- Native Title
- Office of Corporate Counsel
- Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
- National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
Integrity and International Group
The Deputy Secretary of the Integrity and International Group is Sarah Chidgey.
- Integrity and Security
- Security Law and Policy
- Human Rights
- Fraud Prevention and anti-Corruption
- Transparency and Criminal Law
- Information Law
- Security, Emergency & Administrative Law
- International
- Office of International Law
- International Cooperation
Industrial Relations Group
The Deputy Secretary of the Industrial Relations Group is Martin Hehir.
- Employee Entitlement Safeguards and Policy
- Fair Entitlements Guarantee Claims
- Fair Entitlements Guarantee Assurance
- Recovery and Litigation
- Workplace Compliance and Enforcement Policy
- Safety and Industry Policy
- Safety and Compensation Policy
- Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner
- Bargaining and Industry Policy
- Industrial Relations Legal
- Bargaining and Coverage
- Employment Standards and Organisations
- Safety, Compensation and Institutions
- Employment Conditions
- Strategy Branch
- Economics and International Labour
- Safety Net Policy
Enabling Services Group
Our Chief Operating Officer, Cameron Gifford, leads the Enabling Services Group.
- Corporate Services
- AGS Finance
- Financial Services
- Business Operations
- Information Division
- Strategy and Governance
- Human Resources