Peter Durack
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The Hon. Peter Durack QC |
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Durack in 1948
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| Attorney-General of Australia | |
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In office 6 September 1977 – 11 March 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Robert Ellicott |
| Succeeded by | Gareth Evans |
| Australian Senator for Western Australia | |
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In office 1 July 1970 – 30 June 1993 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 October 1926 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 13 July 2008 (aged 81) Perth |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater |
University of Western Australia Lincoln College, Oxford |
| Profession | Politician |
Peter Drew Durack, QC (20 October 1926 – 13 July 2008) was an Australian politician, representing the Liberal Party. He rose to become Attorney-General of Australia.
He served in the Senate from 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1993. From 1987 to 1989, he was a joint Father of the Senate along with Arthur Gietzelt, and from 1989 until his retirement, he alone held this title.
Durack was educated at Aquinas College and the University of Western Australia. He was the state's 1949 Rhodes Scholar and studied law at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he later taught. From 1956 he worked as a barrister in Perth and in 1965 was elected into the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Perth, a seat he held until 1968. He moved to federal politics by winning one of the Senate seats in the 1970 Senate election, taking office on 1 July 1971.
He was Minister for Repatriation in the Fraser government from July to October 1976, when the title of the portfolio was changed to Minister for Veterans' Affairs. In 1977 he was appointed Attorney-General, serving in that office until the Fraser government's defeat in 1983. During this time he was responsible for the passage of the Freedom of Information Act 1982; he had introduced a private member's bill on the same subject in 1972.
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