Mr Rodney Sawford

Speeches

Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Port Adelaide, South Australia at by-election 1988, vice the Hon. M Young (resigned). Re-elected 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004. Retired prior to general elections 2007.

Committee service

House of Representatives Select: Print Media served from 22.8.1991 to 25.3.1992
House of Representatives Standing: Publications served from 20.4.1988 to 19.2.1990; Employment, Education and Training served from 11.5.1989 to 29.5.1996; Aboriginal Affairs served from 16.5.1990 to 4.5.1992; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs served from 4.5.1992 to 7.5.1992; Selection served from 12.5.1993 to 8.10.2001; Privileges served as Chair from 12.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; Members' Interests served from 26.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; House served from 29.5.1996 to 8.10.2001; Employment, Education and Training served as Deputy Chair from 30.5.1996 to 31.8.1998; Privileges served from 18.6.1996 to 31.8.1998; Privileges served as Deputy Chair from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Employment, Education and Workplace Relations served as Deputy Chair from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Education and Training served as Deputy Chair from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Privileges served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; House served from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007; Education and Vocational Training served as Deputy Chair from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007
Joint Statutory: Public Accounts served from 31.8.1988 to 3.5.1989

Conferences, delegations and visits

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Romania, Greece and UK, November-December 1990.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the USA, June-July 1993.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the 93rd IPU Conference, Madrid, and bilateral visits to Egypt and Israel, March-April 1995.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to France and Belgium, June-July 1997.
Study tour, New Zealand, July 2000.
Member, Official Committee Exchange Visit by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Workplace Relations, New Zealand, June 2001.
Parliamentary Adviser, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), New York, October-December 2004.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to UK, November 2005.

Parliamentary party positions

Party positions

Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Council (SA).
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (SA).
President of the Australian Labor Party Semaphore North Branch (SA) from 1981 to 1982.
Campaign Director for the Australian Labor Party in Semaphore (SA), 1982.
President of the Australian Labor Party Semaphore Branch (SA) from 1983 to 1988.
Chairperson of the Australian Labor Party Port Adelaide Scholarship Trust (SA) from 1984 to 1988.
Campaign Director for the Australian Labor Party in Port Adelaide (SA), 1984.
Junior Vice-President of the Australian Labor Party (SA) from 1994 to 1995.
Senior Vice-President of the Australian Labor Party (SA) from 1995 to 1996.
President of the Australian Labor Party (SA) from 1996 to 1997.

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

Electorate

Name: Port Adelaide
Location: northern Adelaide; it includes the suburbs of Alberton, Beverley, Birkenhead, Cheltenham, Findon, Kilkenny, Largs Bay, Mansfield Park, Mawson Lakes, North Haven, Ottoway, Parafield Gardens, Paralowie, Pennington, Port Adelaide, Queenstown, Rosewater, Salisbury Downs, Seaton, Semaphore, Woodville and West Croydon. It also includes Torrens and Garden Islands.
Area: 253 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 97,707 (at 9.10.2004)
Industries: cement, electricity, flour mills, live sheep export, manufacturing industry, motion pictures, petroleum storage, police academy, salt, sewerage treatment, stevedoring, submarine construction, waste disposal/scrap metal merchants and wool stores.
Includes: Port Adelaide includes the South Australian House of Assembly electorates of Cheltenham and Port Adelaide, and parts of Colton, Croydon, Enfield, Lee, Ramsey and Taylor.

Publications