Speeches Browse all speeches (Hansard) Biography Parliamentary service Elected to the Senate for Western Australia 1996. Re-elected 2001. Retired with the expiration of term 2008. Parliamentary positions Temporary Chair of Committees from 9.8.2005 to 30.6.2008. Committee service Joint Select: Retailing Sector served from 10.12.1998 to 30.8.1999Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served from 6.2.1997 to 17.10.2007Joint Statutory: Corporations and Securities served from 1.7.1996 to 8.10.2001; Public Accounts and Audit served from 1.1.1998 to 30.6.2008; Corporations and Financial Services served from 14.2.2002 to 30.6.2008Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics: Legislation served from 1.7.1996 to 10.9.2006; Economics: References served from 1.7.1996 to 30.9.1999; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 1.7.1996 to 10.9.2006; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 1.7.1996 to 30.9.1999; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served from 3.3.1997 to 2.3.1998; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 27.6.1997 to 2.3.1998; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 2.3.1998 to 25.6.1998; Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education: Legislation served as Substitute member from 24.11.1998 to 11.2.2002; Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education: References served as Substitute member from 24.11.1998 to 11.2.2002; Economics: References served as Substitute member from 11.10.1999 to 13.3.2000; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Substitute member from 14.10.1999 to 22.11.1999; Community Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 29.6.2000 to 30.8.2001; Economics: References served as Substitute member from 20.6.2001 to 8.10.2001; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 20.8.2001 to 8.10.2001; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: Legislation served as Substitute member from 13.2.2002 to 31.8.2004; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: References served as Substitute member from 13.2.2002 to 18.11.2002; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 11.3.2002 to 14.5.2002; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Substitute member from 6.3.2003 to 16.10.2003; Community Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 6.3.2003 to 15.11.2004; Economics: References served as Substitute member from 15.9.2003 to 25.6.2004; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Substitute member from 24.6.2004 to 6.12.2005; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: References served as Substitute member from 18.11.2004 to 17.10.2007; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: Legislation served as Substitute member from 18.11.2004 to 17.10.2007; Community Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 7.12.2004 to 17.3.2005; Economics: References served as Substitute member from 15.3.2005 to 22.6.2005; Economics: References served from 23.6.2005 to 10.9.2006; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 23.6.2005 to 10.9.2006; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served as Chair from 23.6.2005 to 7.11.2005; Finance and Public Administration served from 11.9.2006 to 30.6.2008; Economics served from 11.9.2006 to 30.6.2008; Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts served as Substitute member from 14.9.2006 to 6.10.2006; Community Affairs served as Substitute member from 16.6.2008 to 24.6.2008Senate Select: Socio-Economic Consequences of the National Competition Policy served from 8.7.1998 to 17.2.2000; New Tax System served from 26.11.1998 to 30.4.1999Senate Standing: Scrutiny of Bills served from 1.7.1996 to 30.6.2008; Appropriations and Staffing served from 14.2.2008 to 30.6.2008 Conferences, delegations and visits Parliamentary delegation member to Switzerland, June 1999.Official observer to the Zimbabwe Elections, June 2000.Parliamentary delegation member to Ireland and China, July 2000.Parliamentary delegation member to the UK and Canada, April 2001.Parliamentary delegation member to France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands from April to May 2004.Parliamentary delegation member to Denmark and Sweden, October 2005.Parliamentary delegation member to Malta and Spain, April 2007. Parliamentary party positions Australian Democrats. Served: 01.07.1996 to 30.06.2008Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Communications (excluding Broadcasting); Industry, Transport and Regional Development; Accountability; Small Business and Commerce; Tourism from 1.7.1996 to 25.2.1997.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Industrial Relations; Attorney-General and Justice; Accountability; Industry; Transport; Regional Development; Small Business; Tourism from 25.2.1997 to 20.10.1997.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Attorney-General and Justice (excluding Human Rights); Electoral Matters; Industrial Relations; Industry; Small Business; Treasury and Finance from 20.10.1997 to 12.12.1997.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Finance and Taxation; Industrial Relations; Industry; Customs; Small Business; Electoral Matters from 12.12.1997 to 1.1.1999.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Business and Corporate Affairs; Customs; Finance and Administration; Financial Services and Regulation; Industry; Small Business; Workplace Relations from 1.1.1999 to 1.7.1999.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Business and Corporate Affairs; Customs; Small Business; Workplace Relations from 1.7.1999 to 14.2.2002.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Business and Corporate Affairs; Customs; Finance and Administration; Small Business; Tax Reform; Workplace Relations from 14.2.2001 to 14.4.2001.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Business and Corporate Affairs; Customs; Electoral Matters; Finance and Administration; Small Business; Taxation; Workplace Relations from 14.4.2001 to 1.7.2002.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Business and Corporate Affairs; Customs; Electoral Matters; Finance and Administration; Small Business; Special Minister of State; Taxation; Workplace Relations from 1.7.2002 to 28.7.2002.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Business and Corporate Affairs; Customs; Electoral Matters; Finance and Administration; Small Business; Special Minister of State; Taxation; Workplace Relations from 12.8.2002 to 24.10.2002.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Customs; Electoral Matters and Public Administration; Public Service; Taxation, Finance and Corporate Affairs; Workplace Relations from 24.10.2002 to 1.7.2005.Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Accountability; Electoral Matters; Taxation, Finance and Corporate Affairs; Workplace Relations from 1.7.2005 to 30.6.2008. Party positions Member of the Australian Democrats from 1994.Deputy Convener of the Australian Democrats (WA) from 1994 to 1996.Campaign Manager of the Australian Democrats (WA) from 1995 to 1998. Other positions Honorary Life Member of the National Union of South African Students from 1969.Honorary Life Member of the Federated Hotel Liquor and Catering Association of South Africa from 1977. Personal Born: 29.1.1947, Hove, EnglandGender: MaleMarital Status: Married Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament BA(Hons) (Rhodes University).MA (University of Oxford).Rhodes Scholar.Businessman from 1973 to 1996. Military Service Territorial Member, Rhodesian Air Force 1969-77. Publications A conspiracy of giants: the South African liquor industry (with M Fridjhon), Divaris Stein, South Africa: 1986.Leases, landlords and tenants, A Murray, West Perth, WA: 1997.Labour market deregulation, Australian Democrats, Canberra: 1997.Judging the Judges (with Felicity Maher), Alternative Law Journal 23(4), 1998.The Northern Territory: In What State Now? (with Marilyn Rock), Australian Quarterly, 1998.State of the Territory (with Marilyn Rock), Australian Quarterly, 1999.The Dangerous Art of Giving (with Marilyn Rock), Australian Quarterly, 2000.'Using the Popular Vote to Decide National Questions', in Trusting the people: an elected President for an Australian republic, introduced by Andrew Murray, Design by Design Practitioners, Perth: 2001.The Enduring Legacy of Growing Up in Care in 20th Century Australia (with Marilyn Rock), Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Perth: 2005.One Regulator One System One Law: The Case for Introducing a New Regulatory System for the Not for Profit Sector, A Murray, 2006.A Proposal for Simplifying the Legal Form and Regulation of Small For-Profit Businesses and Not-For-Profit Entities, A Murray, 2008.The Forgotten Australians: Identity, Records and Their Search for the Past, Fourth International Conference on the History of Records and Archives, Perth: 2008.Review of Operation Sunlight: Overhauling budgetary transparency [Report to the Government], A Murray, Canberra: 2008.Can Better Political Governance Give Australia an Improved Political Class?, Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform 16.3, 2009."Essential Linkages - Situating Political Governance Transparency and Accountability in the Broader Reform Agenda" in Critical Reflections on Australian Public Policy: selected essays [John Wanna ed.], ANU E Press, 2009.Budgets and Finance: Sunlight and the Dark Arts, Department of the Senate, 2011."Applying Fiduciary Duty in Real Politik", in Fiduciary Duty and the Atmospheric Trust [K Coghill, C Sampford and T Smith eds.], Ashgate Publishing, 2012.Children in Need: Why Records Are Central to Identity and Justice, Geoffrey Bolton Invitation Lecture, Perth: 2016.