Hon Dr Tony Buti BPE DipEd MIR LLB DPhil MLA
Biography
For Hon Dr Tony Buti BPE DipEd MIR LLB DPhil MLA
Attorney General; Minister for Commerce; International and Tertiary Education; Multicultural Interests
The Hon. Dr Tony Buti is 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Attorney General; Minister for Commerce; International and Tertiary Education; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests.
Tony has been a Minister for the Cook Labor Government since March 2021, and has been the Member for Armadale in the Legislative Assembly since 2010.
He has worked as a high school teacher, lawyer, legal academic and legal officer in the Naval Reserve. On 2 October 2010, he was elected as the Member for Armadale in the Parliament of 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ.
Tony has published a number of books, including an award-winning biography on Sir Ronald Wilson.
Prior to becoming a Minister, Tony was Chairman of the 91¶ÌÊÓÆµn Legislative Assembly Public Accounts Committee, and while in opposition, he was Deputy Chair of the Community Development & Justice Standing Committee.
Portfolios
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- State Solicitor's Office
- 91¶ÌÊÓÆµn Office of Crime Statistics and Research
- Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Legal Aid Commission of 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ
- Legal Costs Committee
- Law Reform Commission of 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ
- Corruption and Crime Commission
- Department of Justice
- Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission
- Equal Opportunity Commission
Commerce
Tertiary and International Education
- Department of Training and Workforce Development
- Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Department of Education
- Curtin University
- Murdoch University
- Edith Cowan University