Talk:Australian Government Solicitor

The AGS was known as the Deputy Crown Solicitor or DCS. Unlike the states who just have "Crown Solicitors". Don't ask me why.

Is the mention of the Crown Solicitor relevant? I am of the understanding that the Crown Solicitor was separate from the Deputy Crown Solicitor. This may have in fact been a change that took place at some point since its establishment under the Judiciary Act. In any event the Crown Solicitor is not part of the Australian Government Solicitor. Basically my point is that there is a clear distinction between the Crown Solicitor and the Deputy Crown Solicitor/Australian Government Solicitor.

Further if the article is to be developed a mention of the controversy involving the Perth office of the DCS/AGS in the early prosecution attempt of a "Bottom of the Harbour" tax scam may fit under a "controversies" heading. Not that I want to paint the DCS/AGS in the bad light. --Arlington456 (talk) 15:31, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Also the AGS can, and has, acted for foreign governments on occasion. --Arlington456 (talk) 15:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Re CS vs. DCS. My understanding, possibly woefully inadequate, is that when it was a part of the government structure, there was a CS in Canberra, and DCSs based in each of the state capitals who reported to the CS and occasionally deputised for him.  They were all employees of the federal Attorney-General's Department.  Fred Whitlam, Gough's dad, was "Commonwealth Crown Solicitor", not merely "Deputy Crown Solicitor".  These people were quite separate from the States' own CSs or DCSs or whatever they called them.  --  JackofOz (talk) 19:30, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 * That might have been the case. I'm not sure. My understanding was that the office of CS was separate and distinct office (the Second Law Officer of the Commonwealth) from the AGS/DCS. Might requiring looking at previous versions of the Judiciary Act 1903. Anyway it will be interesting to see what happens with the AGS (if anything) after the Review of Commonwealth Legal Services Procurement (http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/mcclelland.nsf/Page/MediaReleases_2009_FirstQuarter_20March2009-ReviewofCommonwealthLegalServiceProcurement). Perhaps it will fold back into the AGD... --Arlington456 (talk) 03:06, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

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