Views and Influence
Albrechtsen's views are generally right-wing. She supports free market policies, as well as social conservativism, and institutional multiculturalism, but on Q&A on Monday 26 November 2012, stated that she was "coming around to" gay marriage.
A frequent commentator on legal issues, she has criticized both the High Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia for judicial activism.
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