Biography
- Parliamentary service
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- Elected to the House of Representatives for Brand, Western Australia, 2007. Re-elected 2010 and 2013. Retired prior to general elections 2016.
- Ministerial appointments
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- Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia from 3.12.2007 to 9.6.2009.
- Parliamentary Secretary for Western and Northern Australia from 9.6.2009 to 14.9.2010.
- Special Minister of State from 14.9.2010 to 25.3.2013.
- Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity from 14.9.2010 to 14.12.2011.
- Minister for the Public Service and Integrity from 14.12.2011 to 25.3.2013.
- Minister for Resources and Energy from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.
- Minister for Tourism from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.
- Minister for Small Business from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.
- Cabinet Minister from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.
- Committee service
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- Joint Select: Northern Australia served from 9.12.2013 to 9.5.2016
- Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016
- Conferences, delegations and visits
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- Delegate to the Australian Political Exchange Council, South Korea, 2003.
- Parliamentary party positions
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- Australian Labor Party. Served: 24.11.2007 to 09.05.2016
- Shadow Minister for Resources from 18.10.2013 to 4.5.2016.
- Shadow Minister for Northern Australia from 18.10.2013 to 4.5.2016.
- Shadow Special Minister of State from 18.10.2013 to 2.3.2016.
- Shadow Cabinet Minister from 18.10.2013 to 4.5.2016.
- Party positions
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- Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1974.
- National Organiser of the Australian Labor Party from 1986 to 1990.
- Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party, 1990.
- Director of Australian Labor Party Fundraising, 1990.
- Chair of the Australian Labor Party National Campaign Committee, 1992.
- National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party from 1993 to 2000.
- Personal
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- Born: 30.4.1958, Rotherham, England
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
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- BEc (Australian National University).
- Member of the Australian Labor Party National Secretariat (ACT) from 1986 to 2000.
- Executive Director of a Medical Research Foundation from 2000 to 2001.
- Senior Executive at Woodside Energy from 2001 to 2007.
- Electorate
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- Name: Brand
- Location: south of Perth; it includes the centres of Kwinana and Rockingham, and parts of Mandurah.
- Area: 411 Sq km
- Electors enrolled: 99,867 (at 7.9.2013)
- Industries: heavy industry in the Kwinana industrial area, alumina refining, tourism and the naval base HMAS Stirling on Garden Island.
- Includes: Brand includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorates of Kwinana, Rockingham, Warnbro and parts of Mandurah.
- Honours
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- Awarded the Centenary Medal, 1.1.2001.
- Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, 26.1.2003.
- Publications
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- Not just for the life: Gough Whitlam remembered, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney: 2016.