Michael Hugh Lavarch AO (born 8 June 1961) is an Australian lawyer, educator and former politician.
He was the Attorney-General for Australia between 1993 and 1996, and since 2004 has been dean and professor of law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), his alma mater.
EMAIL m.lavarch@qut.edu.auMichael Hugh Lavarch AO (born 8 June 1961) is an Australian lawyer, educator and former politician.
He was the Attorney-General for Australia between 1993 and 1996, and since 2004 has been dean and professor of law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), his alma mater.
Michael Lavarch AO holds directorships on a range of boards and has expertise in areas of public policy, corporate governance, regulatory frameworks and strategic directions. He was the Attorney General in the Keating Government, and served in public office at the Federal level and in local government.
Highlights of his achievement in public life included oversighting the establishment of the native title regime, improvements to Australia’s human rights laws and more reforms to corporate law and securities markets.
He has maintained strong links with the legal profession through his time as Secretary-General of the Law Council of Australia and as Executive Dean of the QUT Law Faculty. His Board roles have been the finance, energy, and not for profit sectors. Michael has conducted numerous reviews for government and is actively involved in film making through Lavarch Productions.
Current
- 2012
Commissioner, Risk Intelligence and Regulatory Support, Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
2012
- 2004
Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
2004
- 2001
Secretary-General, Law Council of Australia
2001
- 1996
Special Counsel, Dunhill Madden Butler, Deacons (now Norton Rose Fulbright)
1996
- 1993
Member of Federal Cabinet
1996
- 1993
Attorney-General, Commonwealth of Australia
1993
- 1990
Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
1996
- 1987
Member of the House of Representatives, Divisions of Fisher and Dickson
1984
- 1984
Articled Clerk and Solicitor, Trilby Misso and Company
1987
- 1982
Councillor, Pine Rivers Shire Council
Current
- 2009
Chair, Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)
2012
- 2009
Director, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)
2010
- 2009
Chair, Consultative Committee to the COAG National Legal Profession Reform Taskforce
2012
- 2009
Director, Cambia
2004
- 2009
Director, National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO)
2004
- 2006
Member, Board of Directors, Australian Stock Exchange Supervisory Review (ASXSR)
2009
- 2004
Chair, Board of Directors, Banking and Financial Services Ombudsman (BFSO)
Current
- 1998
Chief Adjudicator, Alcohol Beverages Advertising Complaints Panel (ABAC)
2001
- 1998
Chairman, Millhouse IAG
1998
- 1996
Director, Colly Cotton
Current
- 2012
Advisory Board, Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University
Current
- 2012
Reviewer, Migration Review and Refugee Review Tribunals
Current
- 2008
Member of the Governance stream of the Federal Government’s Australia 2020 Summit, Canberra
Current
- 2007
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
2012
- 2006
Chair, Standing Committee on Legal Practice, CALD
2012
- 2004
Member, Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD)
Current
- 2003
Member, Prime Minister’s Consultative Group on Constitutional Change
Current
- 1998
Delegate, Queensland Constitutional Convention
Current
- 1998
Elected delegate for Queensland, Commonwealth Constitutional Convention
2004
- 1998
Advisory Board, Forde Foundation
Current
- 1999
Member of the External Review Committee, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
2002
- 1999
Member, Senate of the University of Queensland
2006
- 1997
Advisory Board, Key Centre for Law, Ethics and Governance, Griffith University
2003
- 1997
Director, Plan Australia
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