Hon Dr David Kemp AC

Speeches

Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Goldstein, Victoria, 1990. Re-elected 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2001. Retired prior to general elections 2004.

Ministerial appointments

Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training from 11.3.1996 to 9.10.1997.
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service from 11.3.1996 to 17.3.1996.
Minister Assisting the Minister for Finance for Privatisation from 17.3.1996 to 9.10.1997.
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service from 18.7.1997 to 26.11.2001.
Cabinet Minister from 9.10.1997 to 18.7.2004.
Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs from 9.10.1997 to 21.10.1998.
Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs from 21.10.1998 to 26.11.2001.
Vice-President of the Executive Council from 21.10.1998 to 18.7.2004.
Minister for the Environment and Heritage from 26.11.2001 to 18.7.2004.

Conferences, delegations and visits

Attended official meetings in the UK and USA from June to July 1996.
Attended official meetings in New Zealand from July to August 1996.
Attended official meetings in the USA from February to March 1999.
Attended official meetings in the UK, Germany and China, July 1999.
Attended official meetings in Singapore, April 2000.
Attended official meetings in Israel and Malaysia, August 2000.
Attended official meetings in the USA, Netherlands and Belgium, March 2002.
Attended official meetings in South Korea, April 2002.
Attended official meetings in Japan, May 2002.
Attended official meetings in Indonesia and Singapore, June 2002.
Attended official meetings in the USA, UK and Belgium, July 2002.
Attended official meetings in South Africa from August to September 2002.
Attended official meetings in India and Papua New Guinea from October to November 2002.
Attended official meetings in the USA from April to May 2003.
Attended official meetings in Germany, June 2003.
Attended official meetings in Italy, October 2003.
Attended official meetings in Italy, December 2003.
Attended official meetings in the USA from April to May 2004.

Parliamentary party positions

Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 24.03.1990 to 31.08.2004
Shadow Minister for Education from 11.4.1990 to 7.4.1993.
Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Science from 11.4.1990 to 7.4.1993.
Joint Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Transition to Government from 28.4.1992 to 7.4.1993.
Shadow Cabinet Minister from 28.4.1992 to 11.3.1996.
Shadow Minister for Science, Technology and Export Development from 7.4.1993 to 26.5.1994.
Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Party Development from 7.4.1993 to 26.5.1994.
Shadow Minister for Employment, Training and Family Services from 26.5.1994 to 11.3.1996.
Shadow Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training from 19.10.1994 to 26.10.1994.

Party positions

President of the Liberal Party Kew North Branch (Vic.) from 1967 to 1968.
Delegate to the Liberal Party State Council (Vic.) from 1967 to 1968.
Delegate to the Liberal Party State Council (Vic.) from 1973 to 1974.
President of the Liberal Party Kew North Branch (Vic.) from 1973 to 1974.
Member of the Liberal Party Joint Standing Committee on Federal Policy from 1977 to 1980.
Member of the Liberal Party Federal Platform and Policy Review Sub-Committee from 1977 to 1980.
Member of the Liberal Party Committee of Review (Valder Committee), 1983.
Director of Strategy for the Liberal Party (Vic.) from 1987 to 1988.

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

PhD (Yale University).
BA(Hons) (University of Melbourne).
LLB (University of Melbourne).
Political scientist and consultant.
Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Melbourne from 1975 to 1979.
Senior Adviser to the Rt Hon. J Fraser, Leader of the Opposition and Prime Minister from 1975 to 1976.
Professor of Politics at Monash University from 1979 to 1990.
Director of the Prime Minister's Office, 1981.

Electorate

Name: Goldstein
Location: south-eastern Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Beaumaris, Bentleigh, Brighton East, Black Rock, Carnegie, Caulfield South, Cheltenham, Glenhuntly, Hampton, Hampton East, Highett, Ormond and Sandringham.
Area: 48 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 89,948 (at 10.11.2001)
Industries: light industrial and commercial activities.
Includes: Goldstein includes parts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Bentleigh, Brighton, Caulfield, Oakleigh and Sandringham.

Honours

Publications

Society and electoral behaviour in Australia: a study of three decades, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld: 1978.
Malcolm Fraser on Australia (with D.M. White), Hill of Content, Melbourne: 1986.
Current priorities for liberalism: the eighth Sir Robert Menzies lecture, Sir Robert Menzies Lecture Trust, Melbourne: 1986.
Foundations for Australian political analysis: politics and authority, Oxford University Press, Melbourne: 1988.
The land of dreams: how Australians won their freedom: 1788-1860, Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic.: 2018.
A free country: Australians' search for Utopia 1861-1901, Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic.: 2019.
A democratic nation: identity, freedom and equality in Australia 1901-1925, Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic., 2019.
A liberal state: how Australians chose liberalism over socialism, 1926-1966, Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic: 2021.
Consent of the people: human dignity through freedom and equality 1966-2022, Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic.: 2022.