Stephen Donaghue
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Dr Stephen Donaghue QC |
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| Solicitor-General of Australia | |
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Assumed office 16 January 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Peter Cosgrove |
| Preceded by | Justin Gleeson |
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| Born |
Stephen Paul Donaghue 7 January 1973 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Evans |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Barrister |
Stephen Paul Donaghue QC (born 7 January 1973) is an Australian barrister and constitutional lawyer. On 14 December 2016, the Australian government announced that Donaghue would be appointed as Solicitor-General of Australia on 16 January 2017.
Born in 1973, Donaghue was educated at Whitefriars College in Donvale, then studied for a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne, where he was editor of the Melbourne University Law Review. In 1996, Donaghue was granted a Menzies Scholarship and attended Magdalen College at the University of Oxford from which he received a doctorate.
In 1995, Donaghue joined the firm MinterEllison as a solicitor. He became a barrister in 2001, and in 2011 was appointed as a Senior Counsel, becoming a Queen's Counsel in 2014 when the title was restored by the Victorian government.
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