High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Michael John Atkinson (born 17 June 1958), an Australian politician, is the former South Australian Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Rann Labor Government. On 21 March 2010, he stepped down as Attorney-General and resigned from the Cabinet, but will continue to represent the electorate of Croydon in the South Australian House of Assembly until the 2014 election.