Michelle Rowland

Michelle Rowland is the Attorney General of Australia. She is currently newsworthy due to several recent events. Firstly, she used her powers to assist two Indonesian children wrongly imprisoned as adult people smugglers in Western Australia, paving the way for them to overturn this miscarriage of justice. Secondly, draft legislation regarding new hate speech laws, for which she is responsible, has been released, sparking debate about potential defenses based on quoting religious texts. Thirdly, Rowland is repaying part of the cost of a family trip to Western Australia after an independent watchdog found the spending breached entitlement rules. This issue has contributed to a broader discussion about overhauling travel perks for politicians, with Rowland referring her expenses for an independent audit and the Prime Minister seeking advice from the expenses watchdog on potential reforms.