Mr Bourke will be sworn in on 4 February 2019

Ian Bourke SC has been a lawyer for more than three decades including seven years with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, 22 years at the Bar and four years as Senior Counsel. He has appeared in complex and high profile criminal trials, including proceedings concerning two teens accused of planning a terror attack. Mr Bourke has acted as Counsel Assisting in 20 coronial inquests and inquiries over the past five years including those concerning the Springwood and Mt Victoria bushfires.