About the Attorney-General

The Hon Nicola Roxon MP is the Australian Attorney-General.

She has been a member of Federal Parliament since 1998 representing the western suburbs seat of Gellibrand in Melbourne.

Nicola is an honours law graduate, who worked as an industrial lawyer, union organiser and judge's associate to Justice Mary Gaudron in the High Court of Australia prior to her election to parliament.

As the Health Minister from 2007 to 2011, Nicola oversaw major reforms to Australia’s public hospital, primary care and preventative health systems. In 2011 Nicola was awarded the World Health Organization Director-General’s Special Recognition Certificate for her accomplishments in tobacco control.

Nicola is married with one child.