Lionel Murphy

Lionel Murphy

Lionel Keith Murphy, QC (30 August 1922 – 21 October 1986) was an Australian politician and jurist who served as Attorney-General in the government of Gough Whitlam and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1975 until his death.

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