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Shadow Attorney General and Shadow Minister for Victim Support Michael O'Brien joined Tom Elliott. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BC Conservatives Stand with Richmond Residents Against Failed NDP Drug Policies GUEST: Steve Kooner, Shadow Attorney General, Conservative Party of BC MLA for Richmond-Queensborough  There's no shortage of British Columbians upset over car insurance these days GUEST: Howard Mickelson, Lawyer with Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP  Toronto Pearson Airport investigating landing ‘incident' involving U.S. flight GUEST: John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Programs Coordinatorin Supply Chain,  Logistics, Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shadow Attorney-General, Michael O'Brien, claimed even young people have been "roasting" Jacinta Allan on her Instagram post about the 21-year-old American pop star Jojo Siwa being brought out to Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Ollie welcomes Alister Henskens, the Shadow Attorney General of New South Wales, to discuss his journey in law and politics. Educated at the University of Sydney, Alister began his career in law before transitioning into the political arena. He shares exclusive insights into his legal expertise and his role in shaping policy as a prominent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Whether you're a law student, a legal professional, or just curious about the law, 'The Australian Law Student' is your insider's guide to navigating the Australian legal landscape. Tune in and join the conversation!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/theaustralianlawstudent⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Alister Henskens has weighed in on why former Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian lost her ICAC appeal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federal shadow Attorney-General, Michaelia Cash, has taken various Labor Left ministers, including Anthony Albanese, to task following bombshell allegations of corruption in the CFMEU.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's show, Senator Cash discusses breaking issues in Australian politics. Later, Kate Whitehead discusses Australian businesses being locked out of funding in new government development grant program. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and a Liberal Senator for Western Australia. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Kate Whitehead is the founder and Managing Director of Avant Group, a leading business strategy and government grant consulting firm.

NSW Shadow Attorney-General, Alister Henskens, joins Ray to discuss the new bail laws for domestic violence offenders. Henskens called for electronic monitoring for DV offenders on bail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael is joined by Shadow Attorney-General and Workplace Relations Minister, Michaela Cash, to discuss the Workplace Watchdog's leniency on CFMEU.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shadow Attorney-General & State Member for Malvern, Michael O'Brien, has taken to the state government to task after Premier Jacinta Allan shut down the idea of introducing "post and boast" laws. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW Shadow Attorney-General, Alister Henskens, has called for changes to the Bail Act, stating that laws are inadequate and unlikely to effectively address youth crime. He further discussed the narrow range of offenses and limited age group within the law.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ray is joined by NSW Shadow Attorney General, Alister Henskens, to discuss recent crackdown on the youth crime crisis, introduction of a trial in Moree, and other proposed measures for children's courts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW Shadow Attorney General, Alister Henskens, has urged the government to take prompt action regarding anti-protest laws amid chaotic scenes caused by the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victoria's shadow attorney-general says thugs are more willing than ever to break into homes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julian Leeser and Bridget Archer join us on this episode to discuss the media's performance during the Voice referendum and the “dishonourable” argument underpinning the ‘no' campaign. What impact will the Voice to Parliament have on the gaps in life expectancy and a range of other measures between First Nations people and the general Australian population? Why is the Voice the proposition being put to the Australian people at this referendum, rather than another form of constitutional recognition? And is the media guilty of ‘bothsidesing' the debate and allowing lies and misinformation to go unchallenged? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Liberal members of parliament Bridget Archer and Julian Leeser join Professor Mark Kenny and Dr Marija Taflaga to discuss the Voice and why they're supporting it.Bridget Archer is the federal Liberal Member for Bass in Tasmania.Julian Leeser is the federal Liberal Member for Berowra in New South Wales, the former Shadow Attorney-General and the former Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians.Marija Taflaga is the Director of the ANU Centre for the Study of Australian Politics and a Lecturer at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations.Mark Kenny is a Professor at the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the University after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to democracysausage@anu.edu.au.This podcast is produced by The Australian National University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can the Labour Party save the UK? Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry is challenged by Nish and Coco over her party's attack ads, and on the Labour manifesto - which she promises will help young people, and be bullshit free. Find out why she thinks being Labour leader is the hardest job in the world, and what she got up to behind the bike sheds with David Cameron.Plus, Mr Sunak goes to Washington, Prince Harry goes to court, and a familiar Brexit campaigner returns (clue: his blood type is real ale). Plus find out why Nish feels like he's in Mad Max, and why Coco is celebrating Bristol's toilets!Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.ukWhatsApp: 07514 644572 (UK) or + 44 7514 644572Twitter: @podsavetheukGuests:Emily Thornberry, Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, and Shadow Attorney General for England and WalesAudio credits:Parliamentlive.tv@Nigel_Farage

The Liberal Party is in turmoil, as its spokesman for Indigenous Australians quits the opposition front bench. Julian Leeser - who is also Shadow Attorney-General, says he's at odds with the party's position to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Listen to the SBS Sinhala Radio's current affairs feature on Thursday, 13 April 2023. - විපක්ෂයේ නීතිපති සහ ස්වදේශික ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානුවන්ගේ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ නියෝජිත Julian Leeser සිය ධුරවලින් සහ ඉදිරි පෙළ මන්ත්‍රී මණ්ඩලයෙන් ඉවත් වීමත් සමඟ ලිබරල් පක්ෂය කැළඹී තිබේ. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ස්වදේශික ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානුවන්ගේ හඬක් එකතු කිරීමට විරුද්ධ වීමේ ලිබරල් පක්ෂයේ ස්ථාවරය සමඟ විරුද්ධ බව ඔහු පවසයි. මේ අතර Voice යෝජනාවට විරුද්ධ වීමට විරෝධය පළ කරමින් පසුගිය සතියේ හිටපු ස්වදේශික කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය Ken Wyatt ද ලිබරල් පක්ෂයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්විය. මේ පිළිබඳ නවතම තොරතුරු රැගත් අප්‍රේල් 13 වනදා බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා ප්‍රචාරය වූ SBS සිංහල සේවයේ කාලීන තොරතුරු විශේෂාංගයට සවන්දෙන්න.

The Liberal Party is in turmoil, as its spokesman for Indigenous Australians quits the opposition front bench. Julian Leeser - who is also Shadow Attorney-General, says he's at odds with the party's position to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. His resignation coming days after fellow Liberal Ken Wyatt quit the Party, for the same reasons.

Mark Levy gave his views on the resignation yesterday of Shadow Attorney-General and Indigenous Australians spokesman Julian Leeser from the Liberal frontbench after the party decided to oppose the Voice to parliament referendum.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political drama for the Libs, ransom demands for data breach will not be paid, Andy Murray gets thrashed, Hilary Swank has twins and Super Mario Bros movie smashes records.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political drama for the Libs, ransom demands for data breach will not be paid, Andy Murray gets thrashed, Hilary Swank has twins and Super Mario Bros movie smashes records.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nurses begin a 48-hour walkout over pay and conditions. Royal College of Nursing General Secretary Pat Cullen joins the conversation. Also, to discuss this and Britain current facing threats of a general strike in February is Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick and Emily Thornberry, the Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales. On a lighter note, food regulators warn that cake in offices should be viewed like 'passive smoking'. Are you able to resist a cheeky slice? All of this and more on this episode of the Nick Ferrari Whole Show podcast.

May 2022 marked the 25th anniversary of the election of Tony Blair's first Labour government. It entered office with an ambitious set of manifesto proposals for constitutional reform. These included devolution in Scotland, Wales and London, a new settlement for Northern Ireland, the Human Rights Act, Freedom of Information Act, Lords reform, regulation of elections and referendums, and a referendum on the voting system for the House of Commons. Not all of these ambitions were reached, but further changes occurred beyond 2001, most obviously the establishment of the Supreme Court. This event will look back at the Labour reforms, asking what they sought to achieve, the extent to which those objectives were realised, whether in retrospect mistakes can be identified, and what has been the lasting legacy of these reforms. We are joined by a senior panel who were closely involved from different perspectives.Speakers:Lord (Charlie) Falconer of Thoroton is a Labour peer, who has held various frontbench positions including as Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor 2003-07Baroness (Shami) Chakrabarti is a Labour peer and former Shadow Attorney General, who before this was Director of Liberty 2003-16Professor Robert Hazell was founding Director of the Constitution Unit, a position he held from 1995 to 2015.Chair: Professor Meg Russell, Director of the Constitution Unit

The federal Attorney-General has appointed at least six people with Liberal Party connections to government roles with annual salaries of up to $490,000. Former Liberal MPs, staff members and party donors are among those appointed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in what Labor is branding a jobs for mates exercise. More than 85 former Liberal MPs, staffers and candidates have been appointed to the body since the government took office. Labor appointed two in its six years. Guest: Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General.

Emily Anne Thornberry is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales since 2021, and previously from 2011 to 2014. In this LBC podcast, Rachel Johnson's Difficult Women, Rachel speaks with women who had to be a pain in the backside to get where they are today. Women who take the word difficult as a compliment not an insult. And women who had to fight, resist, insist, or otherwise be badly behaved in order to get things done. Listen and subscribe now on Global Player, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Matthew Pantelis and Shadow Attorney-General Kyam Maher remember the amazing life of Sister Janet Mead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rife throughout the Party - That's how Federal Labor M-P Anthony Byrne described the practice of branch stacking while giving evidence at Victoria's Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission so just how prevalent is it?

Luke Grant is joined by Tim Smith, Victoria's Shadow Attorney-General, following an explosive day at Victoria's IBAC yesterday. Already, Victorian Aged Care Minister Luke Donnellan has quit the Labor ministry after he was accused of paying Labor Party membership fees on behalf of others as part of a branch-stacking operation led by former power-broker Adem Somyurek.  Federal MP Anthony Byrne on Monday told IBAC that Mr Donnellan was involved in a factional alliance with Mr Somyurek and contributed to a “kitty”, which was used to pay for membership to control branches and secure positions in Parliament for allies. It makes Mr Donnellan the fourth minister to leave his post in relation to the branch stacking affair exposed in 2020 by The Age Newspaper and 60 Minutes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus

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The Prime Minister has today reportedly sought advice on whether a blind trust arrangement used by former attorney-general Christian Porter conforms to the ministerial standards.

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Shadow Attorney General and Labour Peer Lord Charlie Falconer, Conservative MP for Wealden Nus Ghani, Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park Sarah Olney & Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader and MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd for Liz Saville-Roberts.

Shami Chakrabarti is the former Director of Liberty, the former Shadow Attorney General and one of the most acclaimed living human rights champions. She joined me live to talk about the spy cops bill - which allows undercover police officers to get away with anything - and the broader onslaught on human rights.Help support us taking on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84​Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Grace talks to Shami Chakrabarti, barrister, human rights campaigner and former Shadow Attorney General under Jeremy Corbyn. They discuss the Conservative's sharp turn towards authoritarianism, with the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Overseas Operations Bill, and the Spy Cops Bill, as well as police and criminal justice reform. For access to the full hour-long episode, support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

Environment Secretary, George Eustice joins Julia to discuss the research that reveals infections fell before lockdown. Lord Charlie Falconer, Labour's Shadow Attorney General discusses The House of Lords voting today to remove the parts of the Internal Market Bill that breach international law. Julia is also joined by Professor Tim Spector, Principal Investigator of the ZOE Covid Symptom Study app about the Kings College Zoe survey of 1 million people's symptoms every week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Edward O’Donohue, Shadow Attorney General & Liberal state member for Eastern Victoria Region, joins Luke Grant following yesterday’s extraordinary hearing at the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry that could see a number of senior Victorian public servants forced to reappear. Key government witnesses including Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton and Department of Health & Human Services secretary Kym Peake look set to be re-examined by the hotel quarantine injury as the board tries to unravel misleading and incomplete evidence. Evidence tendered yesterday shows that Professor Sutton was involved in an email trail which discusses private security, months before he told the inquiry he first became aware private was being used by the hotels.  The Professor conceded he was involved in the emails, but “didn’t register” the mention of private security.  Other senior government figures remaining of interest include former Department Premier & Cabinet Secretary Chris Eccles and former health Minister Jenny Mikakos, who urged the board to disregard Premier Daniel Andrews' evidence about private security. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peta Credlin speaks with the Energy Minister about what Australian's can expect ahead of the 2020 budget. Plus Victoria's Shadow Attorney-General joins the program to talk about the new claims surrounding the hotel quarantine inquiry.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We can’t ignore the fact the winners in Muller’s new line up – are women.For a party accused of being pale male and stale, Muller has managed to surround himself with some strong women and in good high positions.Amy Adams – an undeniably strong talent has been bumped up to number 3, she’s a competent and extremely safe pair of hands. Nikki Kaye as we know is Deputy. Judith Collins.. picks up economic development, regional development and Pike River re-entry. She’s also been made the Shadow Attorney-General. Keep your enemies closer.And then there’s up and coming rockstar Nicola Willis. She‘s gone from unranked to number 14 and in the shadow Cabinet – by all accounts, a significant jump.The only woman to hit the downhill slide is Paula Bennett. Predictably demoted.. and I’m not sure replacing her with Gerry Brownlee as election campaign manager is the smartest move, but time will tell. My experience of Brownlee is that he can be perceived as quite negative, which would be at odds with Muller’s alleged desire to run a ‘positive’ campaign.I actually don’t believe all this positivity talk, as much as we didn’t believe it when Jacinda said it.Politicians who promise to be positive, usually find themselves fighting for their lives at election time and all ‘positivity’ seems to fly out the window. Ardern is famous for her slap downs, the fact she does it while smiling, doesn’t make it any less negative.Muller could be accused of beginners optimism and being a bit green around the gills if he thinks politics is all unicorns and rainbows. But back to his team.He described his caucus as ‘bursting with talent’.. but beyond talking about them, he needs to actually make them visible.Actions speak louder than words, and while Ardern defends her team and endlessly talks them up, she also gags them from speaking in public, answering reporters or fronting anywhere that she could instead.The ‘I’ve got the best team’ talk needs to see a bit of rubber hit the road.Where Key did well was he has happy to delegate, he was happy to let his team shine.. he deferred to his ministers and let them run their portfolios. The strength of his team was evident – he didn’t have to keep telling us they were solid.Rule of thumb.. the more you have to tell us something is so, the less it probably is.This is where National could get some much needed cut through against Ardern.But where in all of this, is Simon you ask?Simon Bridges is taking time to think.Fair enough. But he probably can’t afford to think for too long.For us to truly believe the Nats caucus is as tight and cohesive as Muller says, he needs everybody locked in and on message, quick sticks.

The emergency Corona Virus Bill contains the most sweeping executive powers we've ever seen in Britain – yet the situation is so dire that it has cross-party support. How did we get here? What safeguards does the Bill contain and does the Government have the balance right between emergency provisions and fundamental rights? How does it fit with the Government's previous views on the Human Rights Act and judicial review? Shadow Attorney General Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and IfG Director Bronwen Maddox discuss the enormity of this unprecedented Bill. “This is an extraordinary piece of legislation for an extraordinary moment.” – Shami ChakrabartiPresented by Bronwen Maddox. Audio production by Alex Rees. Because of isolation protocols this podcast was recorded via Skype. Please excuse the sound quality in this instance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week the panel tackles the latest victories for unelected bureaucrats, as Bridget McKenzie takes a hit for the sin of ignoring Departmental advice, and the failed Foreign Interference laws licence snooping and partisan point scoring. Meanwhile the panel wonders how the federal government comes to be funding footy club change rooms in the first place (federalism anybody)? (1:50-10:55) And how Shadow Attorney-General seems to be the only one in Canberra who can get the bureaucracy to act with alacrity (10:55-25:15) And where do the Ministerial changes leave the National Party? (25:15-33:00) Also Scott Morrison shutting the border with China has economic implications for our massive tourism and education sectors; even as the Leninist state in China struggles to contain the crisis. (33:00-46:03) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA's Morgan Begg and Zachary Gorman to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks. This week's picks include the horror film Doctor Sleep, Peter Seamer's Breaking Point, Netflix's new docuseries on the NFL star Aaron Hernandez, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, as well as Amanda Hollis-Brusky's novel on The Federalist Society's modern American political history movement, Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative. (46:03-1:09:07)   Show Notes: Announcement of Grants; Australia National Audit Office (ANAO) https://www.anao.gov.au/work/request/announcement-grants   Culture Picks: Doctor Sleep; Mike Flanagan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/ Breaking Point; Peter Seamer https://www.booktopia.com.au/breaking-point-peter-seamer/book/9781760641290.htmlKiller Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez; Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11475228/   Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution (Studies in Postwar American Political Development); Amanda Hollis-Brusky https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Consequences-Conservative-Counterrevolution-Development/dp/0199385521

John Kennedy’s remarkable win over John Pesutto, former Liberal MP and Shadow Attorney General, in the blue-ribbon seat of Hawthorn was one of the most stunning results from the 2018 State Election. Conrad French spoke to John about the education system, his faith, the election result, and why a newspaper once mistakenly thought he’d captained a frigate.

The Institute for Government was delighted to welcome Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. In a keynote speech, Ms Thornberry analysed the current organisational challenges facing the Foreign Office. She set out the alternative style of political leadership that the Labour Party would offer the Foreign Office if in government, and the principles Labour would apply in its approach to foreign policy. The event was chaired by Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government. Emily Thornberry has been the MP for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. She has served as Shadow Attorney General, Shadow Minister of State for Employment, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the EU. She was called to Bar in 1983, serving as a barrister for 25 years.

In conversation with the Hon. Kelvin Thomson, ex-federal politician and Shadow Attorney General for the Rudd Labour government, we discuss immigration, population growth, the Rudd-Gilliard-Rudd years, and Australia’s addiction to gambling.Kelvin’s views on immigration address the common misconception that the Howard government was anti-immigration, when in fact the immigration intake increased significantly after the Tampa incident in 2004. On population, Kelvin contends that world population growth in the last century – which has increased from 2 billion to 7 billion, with no signs of levelling out – will eventually lead to a rapid decline in quality of life. Kelvin contends the need to stabilise the Australian population by limiting skilled migration whilst increasing humanitarian refugee intake.On the Rudd-Gilliard-Rudd years, Kelvin talks through his overall disappointment in the process of governing after such a long time in Opposition. He is, nevertheless, proud of the Labour government’s stewardship of the country through the global financial crisis. We discussed the internal leaking and undermining which affected the Gilliard government and which resulted in a hung parliament and crippled the government politically. This resulted in Gillard having to make a deal with the independent MP Andrew Wilkie, who was advocating for the introduction of mandatory pre-commitment on pokies. Due to aggressive campaigning by the NSW gambling industry, however, the reforms collapsed, resulting in the installation of Peter Slipper as Speaker of the House of Representatives.This leads into a discussion about Kelvin’s work with the Alliance for Gambling Reform, and his view that the gambling industry and state and federal governments all focus on the ‘personal responsibility’ of the gambler in a concerted public relations campaign aimed to place responsibility on people with a gambling disorder, whilst taking focus away from the industry’s highly addictive products.

Shadow Attorney General, Shami Chakrabarti, argues that gender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet, and proposes a new way forward. From the disparity in the number of births to issues of schooling, work, ownership, faith, political representation and international diplomacy, Chakrabarti will outline what needs fixing and make clear, inspiring proposals about what we do next, putting women's rights at the centre of the progressive political agenda. This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 1st March 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/03/of-women-in-the-21st-century

This 10-minute podcast with the Shadow Attorney General, Shami Chakrabarti, focuses on social divisions and the role of education in enhancing citizenship - "empowering young citizens", and the challenges of addressing social tensions and cyber-bullying online. Shami describes post-Brexit referendum Britain as "a challenging moment for those of us who believe in 'disagreeing well'. She talks about the importance of dialogue in bringing people together and understanding different perspectives, and the need to rebuild trust in the institutions of democracy. She also calls on people in public life to 'disagree well'. Formerly head of the civil liberties charity, Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti is now a member of the House of Lords. She is also a Visiting Fellow at Cumberland Lodge, the educational foundation in Windsor Great Park.

Dominic Grieve makes the case for the Human Rights Act and civil liberties recorded at a special event celebrating Liberty. The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP was appointed Conservative spokesman for Scotland in June 1999 and in September 2001 he was appointed Conservative spokesman for criminal justice and community cohesion as part of the Shadow Home Affairs team. From 2003 to 2009 Dominic Grieve was Shadow Attorney General. The Leader of the Opposition appointed Dominic Grieve to Shadow Home Secretary in June 2008, and in January 2009 Dominic Grieve became the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, continuing with his front bench role in criminal justice matters, constitutional affairs and ethnic diversity. Under the coalition Government Dominic Grieve was the Attorney General for England and Wales and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland, until July 2014. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Emily Thornberry MP speaks about the Human Rights Act and the case for civil liberties at a special 5x15 event with Liberty. Emily was elected Member of Parliament for Islington South & Finsbury in the 2005 General Election, and was re-elected in 2010 with an increased majority of 3,569. After the 2010 election, Emily became a Shadow Minister in the Department of Energy and Climate Change and took a leading role in Ed Miliband’s successful leadership campaign. In October 2010 she became a Shadow Health minister, shadowing Social Care Minister Paul Burstow, and holding the government to account over their changes to the NHS and social care. She was promoted in Ed Miliband's first reshuffle in October 2011 and until November 2014 attended the Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Attorney General. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories