Hon Laurie Brereton

Speeches

Parliamentary service

State: Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Randwick 1970. Retired prior to general elections 1971.
Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, 1990. Re-elected 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2001. Retired prior to general elections 2004.

Ministerial appointments

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 27.12.1991 to 24.3.1993.
Minister for Industrial Relations from 24.3.1993 to 11.3.1996.
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Public Service Matters from 24.3.1993 to 23.12.1993.
Cabinet Minister from 24.3.1993 to 11.3.1996.
Minister for Transport from 23.12.1993 to 11.3.1996.

Committee service

House of Representatives Standing: Privileges served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004
Joint Select: Intelligence Services served as Deputy Chair from 28.6.2001 to 27.8.2001
Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served as Chair from 16.5.1990 to 16.1.1992; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served as Deputy Chair from 18.6.1996 to 7.12.1998; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 8.12.1998 to 19.3.2002; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served as Deputy Chair from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004
Joint Statutory: Corporations and Securities served from 7.3.1991 to 27.12.1991

Conferences, delegations and visits

Parliamentary delegation member to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland from July to August 1991.
Parliamentary delegation leader to Malaysia, June 1992.
Attended official meetings in Indonesia and Hong Kong from November to December 1993.
Attended official meetings in Europe the UK and USA, June 1994.
Attended official meetings in China and Hong Kong from March to April 1995.
Attended official meetings in the USA and Switzerland, June 1995.
Attended official meetings in South Africa and Israel, July 1995.
Attended official meetings in China, September 1995.
Delegate to the UN General Assembly, New York from September to October 1996.
Attended study tour in Indonesia, April 1999.
Official observer to the referendum, East Timor from August to September 1999.
Attended study tour in New Zealand, September 1999.
Delegate to the UN General Assembly, New York from September to October 1999.
Attended official meetings in East Timor, December 1999.
Attended study tour in New Zealand, March 2000.
Attended study tour in East Timor, August 2000.
Attended study tour in China, Thailand and Singapore, April 2001.
Parliamentary delegation member to Kuwait, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, from July to August 2002.
Delegate to the UN General Assembly, New York from September to December 2002.
Parliamentary delegation member to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, December 2003.

Parliamentary party positions

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

State/Territory Government service

Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Randwick 1970. Retired prior to general elections 1971.
Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heffron, 1973. Resigned 17.2.1990 to contest the House of Representatives division of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales.
Minister for Health from 2.10.1981 to 10.2.1984.
Minister for Roads from 27.10.1983 to 10.2.1984.
Minister for Public Works from 10.2.1984 to 26.11.1987.
Minister for Employment from 10.2.1984 to 5.4.1984.
Minister for Roads from 5.4.1984 to 26.11.1987.

Electorate

Name: Kingsford Smith
Location: southern Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Botany, Chifley, Clovelly, Coogee, Daceyville, Eastlakes, Hillsdale, Kensington, Kingsford, La Perouse, Little Bay, Malabar, Maroubra, Mascot, Matraville, Pagewood, Phillip Bay, Randwick, Rosebery and South Coogee.
Area: 62 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 86,647 (at 10.11.2001)
Industries: shipping, paper manufacturing, light manufacturing, commercial and retail businesses.
Includes: Kingsford Smith includes the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Maroubra, and parts of Coogee, Heffron and Kogarah.