FEDERAL Member for Fisher, Andrew Wallace MP, has been appointed Shadow Attorney-General in the Coalition’s Shadow Cabinet.
A former barrister, Mr Wallace said he was honoured to take on the role, vowing to defend the rule of law, strengthen institutions and protect Australians’ freedoms.
“Before entering Parliament, I spent 16 years practising as a barrister, so returning to the legal portfolio feels in many ways like coming home,” he said.
“Public life, law and justice have always been at the heart of my professional life, and I take this new responsibility with a profound sense of duty.”
Mr Wallace paid tribute to outgoing Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser MP, and congratulated colleagues Phillip Thompson OAM MP and Zoe McKenzie MP on their new appointments. He said his focus would be ensuring integrity, fairness and accountability remained central to Australia’s justice system.