Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Mayo, South Australia, 1984. Re-elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007. Resigned 14.7.2008.

Ministerial appointments

• Minister for Foreign Affairs from 11.3.1996 to 3.12.2007.
• Cabinet Minister from 11.3.1996 to 3.12.2007.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Transport Safety served from 28.2.1985 to 19.8.1986; Transport, Communications and Infrastructure served from 8.10.1987 to 19.2.1990; Selection served from 1.6.1989 to 19.2.1990; Finance and Public Administration served from 10.10.1990 to 28.11.1991; Banking, Finance and Public Administration served from 28.11.1991 to 8.2.1993
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts served from 23.5.1986 to 5.6.1987; Intelligence and Security served from 12.3.2008 to 14.7.2008

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Parliamentary delegation member to the USA, 1986.
• Parliamentary delegation member to China, 1991.
• Parliamentary delegation member to the USA, March 1992.
• Parliamentary delegation member to Germany, Belgium, the UK, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Sweden and Austria, September 1995.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, April 1996.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, May 1996.
• Attended official meetings in Japan and USA, June 1996.
• Attended official meetings in South Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cameroon from June to July 1996.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, July 1996.
• Attended official meetings in Malaysia and China, August 1996.
• Attended official meetings in France, Germany, the UK and USA from September to October 1996.
• Attended official meetings in Malaysia, India and Indonesia, October 1996.
• Attended official meetings in the Philippines, November 1996.
• Attended official meetings in New Caledonia, Western Samoa, Fiji and Tonga, December 1996.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy from January to February 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, February 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, April 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Canada, May 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, June 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Laos and Vietnam from June to July 1997.
• Attended official meetings in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore and Brunei from July to August 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Vanuatu, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, August 1997.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, September 1997.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong from September to October 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, the UK, Russia and Germany from October to November 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Canada, November 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Canada, the USA and China, December 1997.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, January 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Pakistan and Bangladesh from January to February 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam from April to May 1998.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, Israel, Egypt, Italy and Thailand, June 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines, July 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Micronesia, August 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Malaysia, November 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tuvalu and Kiribati, December 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Switzerland, the UK, Germany, Belgium and the United Arab Emirates from January to February 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Singapore, Indonesia, the UK and Portugal from February to March 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Samoa, March 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, Singapore and Indonesia, April 1999.
• Attended official meetings in New Zealand, the USA and Yugoslavia, June 1999.
• Attended official meetings in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea, July 1999.
• Attended official meetings in New Zealand and the USA, September 1999.
• Attended official meetings in the USA and UK from September to October 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Thailand and Singapore, October 1999.
• Attended official meetings in the USA from October to November 1999.
• Attended official meetings in the Philippines and Thailand, November 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Fiji, Macau and New Caledonia, December 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, January 2000.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, Switzerland, France, Portugal and Belgium from January to February 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea and India, March 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, China, the USA and UK from April to May 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Cambodia and Vietnam, May 2000.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, Solomon Islands and Fiji, June 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Germany and the USA, July 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Thailand and Iran from July to August 2000.
• Attended official meetings in East Timor and Samoa, August 2000.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, September 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Brunei, North Korea and Hong Kong, November 2000.
• Attended official meetings in New Zealand, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, December 2000.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark and Sweden from January to February 2001.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, USA, Brazil, Argentina and Chile from March to April 2001.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, April 2001.
• Attended official meetings in Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the UK, United Arab Emirates, Kenya and South Africa from April to May 2001.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong from May to June 2001.
• Attended official meetings in East Timor, Singapore and Vietnam, July 2001.
• Attended official meetings in the UK and Indonesia, September 2001.
• Attended official meetings in the USA from September to October 2001.
• Attended official meetings in China, October 2001.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, Nauru, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Zealand, December 2001.
• Attended official meetings in the Solomon Islands, January 2002.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland and Russia from January to February 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia from February to March 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Belgium and India, April 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Timor-Leste, Thailand and Indonesia, May 2002.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, July 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Brunei and Malaysia from July to August 2002.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, September 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Burma, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, October 2002.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, USA and Canada from October to November 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, Japan and China, November 2002.
• Attended official meetings in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa and New Zealand, December 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and France from January to February 2003.
• Attended official meetings in South Korea, February 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, March 2003.
• Attended official meetings in the USA from March to April 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, April 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Sri Lanka, May 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Cambodia, June 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Singapore and Vietnam, July 2003.
• Attended official meetings in the Solomon Islands from July to August 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, the USA and Italy, September 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Thailand, October 2003.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, the Netherlands and Singapore, November 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji, December 2003.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, Ireland, Switzerland, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and United Arab Emirates, January 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, February 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Germany from March to April 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Fiji, April 2004.
• Attended official meetings in New Zealand, Belgium and Libya, May 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Malaysia, June 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the UK and USA from June to July 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Thailand, July 2004.
• Attended official meetings in China, North Korea and Hong Kong, August 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Chile, November 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and New Zealand, December 2004.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, Thailand and Indonesia, January 2005.
• Attended official meetings in the UK, France, Belgium and Luxembourg from January to February 2005.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, March 2005.
• Attended official meetings in the USA from April to May 2005.
• Attended official meetings in India, June 2005.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, Thailand and Laos, July 2005.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, August 2005.
• Attended official meetings in Fiji, UK, Czech Republic, Hungary and the USA, September 2005.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, October 2005.
• Attended official meetings in South Korea, November 2005.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq, Afghanistan and United Arab Emirates, December 2005.
• Attended official meetings in Brazil, Mexico and the USA from December 2005 to January 2006.
• Attended official meetings in the UK and Netherlands from January to February 2006.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia and New Zealand, February 2006.
• Attended official meetings in Vanuatu, Samoa and Tonga, April 2006.
• Attended official meetings in the Solomon Islands, Singapore and New Zealand, May 2006.
• Attended official meetings in France, Germany, UK, Timor-Leste and Indonesia, June 2006.
• Attended official meetings in Malaysia, July 2006.
• Attended official meetings in Japan and China from July to August 2006.
• Attended official meetings in Timor-Leste, September 2006.
• Attended official meetings in Canada, the USA, UK, Belgium, Finland and Italy from September to October 2006.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia and Vietnam, November 2006.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, Trinidad and Tobago and UK, December 2006.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, January 2007.
• Attended official meetings in New Zealand, the UK, Germany and Turkey, February 2007.
• Attended official meetings in Vanuatu and Indonesia, March 2007.
• Attended official meetings in China, April 2007.
• Attended official meetings in the USA and New Zealand, May 2007.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, June 2007.
• Attended official meetings in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan from June to July 2007.
• Attended official meetings in Nauru and Tonga, July 2007.
• Attended official meetings in the Philippines from July to August 2007.
• Attended official meetings in Timor-Leste and New Zealand, August 2007.
• Attended official meetings in the USA, September 2007.
• Attended official meetings in Tonga, October 2007.
• Attended official meetings in Singapore, November 2007.

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 01.12.1984 to 14.07.2008
• Shadow Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Environment from 21.4.1987 to 14.8.1987.
• Shadow Minister for Housing and Small Business from 16.9.1988 to 12.5.1989.
• Shadow Minister for Trade and Trade Negotiations from 11.4.1990 to 28.4.1992.
• Shadow Minister for Defence from 28.4.1992 to 7.4.1993.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 28.4.1992 to 11.3.1996.
• Shadow Treasurer from 7.4.1993 to 26.5.1994.
• Leader of the Opposition from 23.5.1994 to 30.1.1995.
• Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs from 31.1.1995 to 11.3.1996.
• Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party from 23.5.1994 to 30.1.1995.

Party positions

• Delegate to the Liberal Party State Council (SA), 1981.

Personal

• Born: 9.9.1951, Adelaide, Australia
• Gender: Male

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA(Hons) (University of Newcastle upon Tyne).
• Australian Diplomatic Service from 1976 to 1982.
• Political Adviser to the Rt. Hon. J Fraser, Prime Minister from 1982 to 1983.
• Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce (ACT) from 1983 to 1984.

Electorate

• Name: Mayo
• Location: Adelaide Hills and the Fleurieu Peninsula; it includes the centres of Aberfoyle Park, Birdwood, Bridgewater, Cape Jervis, Crafers, Echunga, Gumeracha, Goolwa, Hahndorf, Kangarilla, Langhorne Creek, Lobethal, Macclesfield, Mount Barker, Myponga, Normanville, Oakbank, Springton, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Williamstown, Woodforde, Woodside and Yankalilla. It also includes Kangaroo Island.
• Area: 9,190 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 96,401 (at 24.11.2007)
• Industries: dairying, beef, sheep, apples, pears, cherries, smallgoods, Kanmantoo copper mines, Jupiter Creek goldfields, forestry, natural spring water, wine, cereals, tourism and the Woodside army barracks.
• Includes: Mayo includes the South Australian House of Assembly electorates of Finniss and Kavel, and parts of Davenport, Fisher, Hammond, Heysen, Morialta and Schubert.

Honours

• Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia, 26.1.2013.

Publications

• Australian conservatives and the monarchy, Monarchist League in Australia, Double Bay, NSW: 1993.
• Liberalism and the challenge of building an open society, Sir Robert Menzies Lecture Trust, Melbourne: 2002.