Tony McAvoy SC is a part-time Commissioner of the ALRC and was appointed on 3 July 2024, with a term expiring on 8 December 2025, to lead the ALRC’s inquiry into the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993.
A Wirdi man from Central Queensland, Tony McAvoy SC holds a Bachelor of Laws, a Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa), and is an eminent barrister and mediator. Mr McAvoy was called to the New South Wales Bar in 2000, and in 2015 was the first First Nations person to be appointed Senior Counsel. Mr McAvoy was Acting part-time Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court from 2011 to 2013, Acting Northern Territory Treaty Commissioner between 2021 and 2022, and Commissioner of the NSW Independent Planning Commission from 2021 to 2024. Mr McAvoy currently practices at the NSW Bar, specialising in native title and land rights.