Debra Mullins

{{Short description|Australian judge}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox judge

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable Justice

| name = Debra Mullins

| honorific-suffix = AO

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| office = President of the Queensland Court of Appeal

| term_start = 21 May 2022

| term_end =

| predecessor = Walter Sofronoff

| office2 = Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland

| term_start2 = 16 March 2000

| office3 = Acting Governor of Queensland

| term_start3 = 20 October 2024

| term_end3 = 22 October 2024

| education = LL.M. (1999)

| alma_mater = University of Queensland

| birth_name = Debra Ann Curtis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|02|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sydney

| spouse =

| occupation = Judge, barrister

| children = 3

| nationality = Australian

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Debra Mullins {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 12 February 1957) is the president of the Queensland Court of Appeal. She has served on the Supreme Court of Queensland since 2000, and was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sclqld.org.au/judicial-papers/judicial-profiles/profiles/damullins|title=The Honourable Justice Debra Mullins|website=Supreme Court Library Queensland|access-date=2022-08-04}} She was appointed as senior counsel in and for the State of Queensland in 1998.

Mullins attended Coorparoo State High School (now Coorparoo Secondary College) for her secondary education.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} Mullins graduated from the University of Queensland with a BCom (1977), an LL.B. (1980) and a Master of Laws (1999).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sclqld.org.au/judicial-papers/judicial-profiles/profiles/damullins|title=The Honourable Justice Debra Mullins|website=Supreme Court Library Queensland|access-date=2019-08-03}}

In 2014, Mullins was appointed as the deputy chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, and was appointed as the chancellor of the diocese in 2014.

Mullins was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the law, and to the judiciary, to professional development and legal education, and to women".{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2004545|title=The Honourable Justice Debra Ann Mullins|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2019-06-10}}

From 20 to 22 October 2024, Justice Mullins was Acting Governor of Queensland during the visit of The King to Canberra and Sydney. {{Cite web|url=https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/303e8f69-b21f-4e07-8a0a-cb6dc090c33d/resource/4ec87f73-a3ca-4582-a624-407fbd239b96/download/20.10.24-49-extra-gazette.pdf|title=Extraordinary No. 49–20 October 2024|website=publications.qld.gov.au|access-date=2024-10-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/extraordinary-gazettes-october-2024/resource/13fa635b-d1d2-4f1a-83f9-7f1a90a80f95|title=Extraordinary No. 51–22 October 2024|website=publications.qld.gov.au|access-date=2024-10-22}}