Department of the Attorney General

The Department of the Attorney General (responsible to the Attorney General) provides the following services to the State Government and people of Western Australia:
- the administration of courts, tribunals and boards
- the registration of births, deaths, marriages and changes of name
- advocacy, guardianship and administration services
- trustee services
- legal, legislative drafting, policy and multi-agency coordination for government

On 1 July 2017, the Department of the Attorney General amalgamated with the Department of Corrective Services to form the new Department of Justice.

Contact Details

08 9264 1600

www.dotag.wa.gov.au

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Past People

Name	Position	Year Started	Year Ended
Dominic Fernandes	Legal Policy Officer	2015	2020
Joanne Stampalia	Director	1998	2018
Brian Roche	Public Trustee	2011	2017
Emily Roper	Director, Communications Security & Cybercrime	2016	2017
Brett Burns	Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages		2017
Michael Mischin	Attorney General	2012	2017
Adam Tomison	Director General	2016	2017
Duska Separovic	Manager, Management Assurance		2017
Paul Evans	State Solicitor, WA	2011	2017
Mark Hainsworth	Manager, Advisory Services	2007	2017
Bob Taddeo	Director, Policy & Aboriginal Services		2017
Cheryl Gwilliam	Director General	2007	2016
Emma Johnson	Director, Advisory, Risk & Operations	2006	2016
Pauline Bagdonavicius	A/Director General	2016	2016
Emily Roper	Head, Contestability Review Taskforce	2015	2015
Ray Warnes	Executive Director, Court & Tribunal Services	2004	2015
Emily Roper	Director, Strategic Policy	2013	2015
Walter Munyard	Parliamentary Counsel		2015
Emily Roper	Assistant Secretary	2012	2015
Genevieve Howe	Administrative Assistant	2013	2015
Victoria Graves	Legal Associate, Family Court of WA	2014	2015
Beth Parker	Senior Secretary	2012	2014
Gavin Hogg	Business Performance Analyst	2013	2013
Emily Roper	Director, International Crime Cooperation Division	2007	2013
Gavin Hogg	Court Risk Assessment Officer	2011	2013
Jonathon Woolfrey	Director, Strategic Human Resources	2009	2012
Amanda Alderson	Manager, Financial Policy & Reporting	2007	2012
Emma Jarvis	Child Witness Service	2008	2012
Stephen Fewster	Director, Security	2005	2012
Candice Richards	Judge's Associate	2010	2012
John Skinner	Public Trustee, WA	2006	2011
Gary Hamley	Executive Director, Native Title		2011
Karen Ho	Policy, Aboriginal Services		2011
Shonelle Duthie	Judge's Associate	2008	2010
Gordon Cole	Manager, Aboriginal Justice Agreement	2007	2010
Sebastian Andre	Trust Manager, The Public Trustee	2009	2010
Laura Dawson	Strategic Planner	2009	2009
Amanda Danti	Legal Officer	2007	2009
Rishelle Hume	Project Implementation Manager, AJA	2007	2009
Sabina Schlink	Member of Working Party	2003	2008
Chris Penwald	Manager, Planning & Performance	2004	2008
Richard Gell	Director, Shared Information Services	2007	2008
Amanda Gadsdon	Business Manager	2006	2007
Andrew Crean	Acting Principal Legal Officer	2004	2006
Amanda Alderson	Manager, Financial Accounting	2004	2006
Paul Isaachsen	Research Officer	2002	2004
Joanne Stampalia	Audit Manager	1987	1995
Leo Tsaknis	Federal Senior & Principal General Counsel	1983	1994
David Black	Systems Programmer, Data Centre Manager	1990	1993
Bill Hewitt	Executive Director, Corporate Services
Danny Cloghan	Chief of Staff
Richard Goodwin	Manager, Public Affairs