The Honourable George Brandis KC is a graduate of both of the University of Queensland and Magdalen College Oxford. After private practice as a Barrister, he served 18 years in the Australian Senate and served as Minister for the Arts and Sport in the Howard Government, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts in the Abbott Government, and Attorney-General and Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Turnbull Government.
He retired from politics in 2018 to become Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Since returning to Australia in 2022, he has been Professor in the Practice of National Security at the ANU’s National Security College. He also writes a fortnightly column for the Sydney Morning Herald.