Professor George Brandis KC

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Submitted by Becky Knight on Monday, 17th December 2018

The Hon George Brandis KC is Professor in the Practice of National Security at the Australian National University, in a joint appointment by the National Security College and the College of Law.

Professor Brandis was educated at the University of Queensland and Magdalen College, Oxford.  A barrister by profession, he specialized in commercial law, competition law and equity.  He also lectured in Jurisprudence at the University of Queensland Law School.

Professor Brandis was appointed to a casual Senate vacancy in 2000 and served as a Liberal Senator for Queensland for 18 years.  He was a minister in the Governments of John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.   Among other appointments, he was the Attorney-General in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments, and Leader of the Government in the Senate under Prime Minister Turnbull.

Upon his retirement from Parliament in February 2018, Professor Brandis was appointed as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, serving from 2018-2022.

He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Council on Geostrategy, a London-based think tank, and a director of the Constitutional Education Fund. He has published extensively on legal and political topics, and writes a fortnightly column for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.