OPC client advisers
OPC client advisers are Parliamentary Counsel from whom client agencies can obtain quick, informal advice about matters in which OPC has expertise, including the following:
- options for legislative approaches
- matters necessary, desirable or acceptable for inclusion in Bills or instruments
- options for improving the standard of instruments and managing the sunsetting of legislative instruments
- the form of drafting instructions
To obtain advice from OPC client advisers, please contact the relevant Parliamentary Counsel listed below. If the client adviser is unavailable, please contact First Parliamentary Counsel, Peter Quiggin, on (02) 6120 1405.
OPC client advisers
|
Agency |
Bill adviser |
Instrument adviser |
|---|---|---|
|
Attorney-General’s Department |
Peter Quiggin (02) 6120 1405 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Australian Public Service Commission |
Meredith Leigh (02) 6120 1421 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
Gretel Burmester (02) 6120 1327 |
Gretel Burmester (02) 6120 1327 |
|
Comcare |
Matthew Sait (02) 6120 1407 |
Matthew Sait (02) 6120 1407 |
|
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |
Claire Parkhill (02) 6120 1423 |
Matthew Sait (02) 6120 1407 |
|
Department of Defence |
Michelle Fletcher (02) 6120 1434 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Department of Education, Skills and Employment |
Andrew Freeman (02) 6120 1448 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Department of Finance |
John King (02) 6120 1412 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Paul Millington (02) 6120 1471 |
Fiona Ganter (02) 6120 1316 |
|
Department of Health |
Louise Finucane (02) 6120 1424 |
Fiona Ganter (02) 6120 1316 |
| Department of Home Affairs | Angela Theodorelos
(02) 6120 1488 |
Matthew Sait (02) 6120 1407 |
|
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources |
Rebecca Considine (02) 6120 1428 |
Fiona Ganter (02) 6120 1316 |
|
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications |
Toni Walsh (02) 6120 1425 |
Gretel Burmester (02) 6120 1327 |
|
Department of Parliamentary Services and Parliament |
Daniel Lovric (02) 6120 1420 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
Peter Quiggin (02) 6120 1405 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Department of Social Services |
Bevan Murray (02) 6120 1480 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
Sally Vacietis (02) 6120 1469 |
Madeleine Macdonald (02) 6120 1468 |
|
The Treasury |
Bronwyn Livermore (02) 6120 1422 |
Bronwyn Livermore (02) 6120 1422 |
OPC Guide for Clients
OPC has produced a Guide for Clients to assist the staff of agencies who are instructing OPC on the drafting of a Bill or instrument to understand their role and the role of OPC’s drafters, how OPC’s drafters do their job in the context of the overall legislative process, and how this can affect a particular legislative project. The Guide is available Drafting Manuals page.