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The Attorney-General's Department, also known as the Department of the Attorney-General, is the justice department of the Australian Government. The department is responsible for improving Australia's federal law and justice framework and provides legal services to the Australian Government. The mission of the department is to "deliver programs and policies to maintain and improve Australia's law and justice framework" and to provide legal services to the Australian Government. The portfolio also includes government agencies such as the Administrative Review Tribunal, the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, the Independent Reviewer of Adverse Security Assessments, the Independent Reviewer of Security Clearance Decisions, the Australian Government Legal Service including the Australian Government Solicitor, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, the Australian Information Commissioner, the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, the Australian Law Reform Commission, the Australian Institute of Criminology, the National Native Title Tribunal, the Inspector of Transport Security, the Office of the Special Investigator, the Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission and the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner. It also includes various courts such as the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, the Family Court of Australia as well as the Supreme Courts of the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Norfolk Island. The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters as laid out in an Administrative Arrangements Order:
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