Madeline Brennan KC
Roma Mitchell Chambers
193/18 Tank Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Ph: 07 3236 0000
Mobile: 0456 559 677
Email: madeline@qldbar.asn.au
Areas of Practice
- Commercial, Competition & Consumer
- Public / administrative
- Tax / revenue

Madeline has over 20 years experience as a barrister, being called to the Bar on 3 June 1996. She took silk in November 2015. Madeline’s practice includes advisory work and appellate and trial advocacy in the Federal Court, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Queensland Supreme Court and, for State revenue matters, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. She seeks to provide specialized services in the areas of Taxation and Revenue Law, Administrative Law, and Competition and Consumer Law. These areas encompass a broad range of industries including those of small to medium businesses, mining and resources, health and aged care.
Appointments
2019 – current
Queensland Competition Authority, Deputy Chair
2016 – 2019
Queensland Competition Authority, Member
2008 – 2016
Human Research Ethics Committee of the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Legal Member
2007 – 2013
Barristers Services Pty Ltd, Director
2003 – 2013
Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar Association of Queensland, Member
2001 – 2013
Mater Misericordiae Health Services Brisbane Limited, Member
1998 – 2000
All Hallows’ School Council, Deputy Chair
Membership
2018 – current:
Tax Committee of the Australian Bar Association
2008 – current:
Tax Institute of Australia
1996 – current:
Bar Association of Queensland