The opposition has been trawling through the register of interests after ministers Kristy McBain, Bill Shorten, Tim Ayres and Ged Kearney disclosed they had shareholdings in some form – which the Coalition claims may breach the ministerial code, which requires that “Ministers divest themselves of investments and other interests in any public or private company or business, other than public superannuation funds or publicly listed managed funds or trust arrangements”. With Dreyfus as the nation’s first law officer, the opposition has raised questions about whether this represents a conflict of interest. The attorney general denied any wrongdoing but said he would “examine the matter”.ĭreyfus’s register of interests shows his self-managed superannuation fund holds shares in the Greencape Wholesale Broadcap Fund, which in turn is a major shareholder in Omni Bridgeway Limited, which bills itself as “the global leader in litigation financing and managing legal risk”. The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, is the latest government member to become embroiled in a widening furore over investments held by ministers, with the Coalition claiming the financial arrangements of several frontbenchers breach Anthony Albanese’s ministerial standards.

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