Matthew John Collins (born 17 February 1970) is an Australian barrister. He practises predominantly in media law, particularly defamation, as well as constitutional and commercial law. He is best known for having acted in a number of high-profile defamation and free speech cases. In the Queen's Birthday honours list for 2019 he became a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to the law, to legal standards, and to education." He is a former President of the Australian Bar Association.

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Matthew John Collins (born 17 February 1970) is an Australian barrister. He practises predominantly in media law, particularly defamation, as well as constitutional and commercial law. He is best known for having acted in a number of high-profile defamation and free speech cases. In the Queen's Birthday honours list for 2019 he became a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to the law, to legal standards, and to education." He is a former President of the Australian Bar Association. Early life Collins was born in Adelaide to Robyn Dolan and John Collins. He was educated at Port Moresby International High School and Prince Alfred College and studied law and arts at Adelaide University. He was associate to Justice Donnell M Ryan of the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne and a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons). Collins has a partner, Leonard Vary, who is the CEO of the Sidney Myer Fund and the Myer Foundation. They live in Melbourne. Collins is the older brother of Luke Collins, journalist and former New York Correspondent of The Australian Financial Review.

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