Hon John Fahey AC

Speeches

Parliamentary service

State: Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Camden, 1984.
Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Macarthur, New South Wales, 1996. Re-elected 1998. Retired prior to general elections 2001.

Parliamentary appointments

President of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust from 11.3.1996 to 26.11.2001.

Ministerial appointments

Conferences, delegations and visits

Delegate to the World Economic Forum, Switzerland from January to February 1997.
Attended official meetings in the USA, UK, Netherlands and France, July 1997.
Delegate to the World Economic Forum, Switzerland from January to February 1998.
Delegate to the World Economic Forum, Switzerland from January to February 1999.
Attended official meetings in Singapore, Germany, the UK and Ireland, July 1999.
Attended official meetings in the USA, Switzerland and France from January to February 2000.
Attended official meetings in the Cook Islands, June 2001.
Attended official meetings in Qatar and China, November 2001.

Parliamentary party positions

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

State/Territory Government service

Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Camden, 1984.
Shadow Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy from 1985 to 1986.
Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment from 1986 to 1988.
Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Southern Highlands, 1988. Resigned 1.2.1996.
Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment and Minister Assisting the Premier from 25.3.1988 to 24.7.1990.
Minister for Corrective Services from 23.5.1988 to 8.6.1988.
Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment from 24.7.1990 to 24.6.1992.
Minister for Industrial Relations from 24.7.1990 to 24.6.1992.
Leader, State Parliamentary Liberal Party from 1992 to 1995.
Premier from 24.6.1992 to 4.4.1995.
Treasurer from 24.6.1992 to 26.5.1993.
Minister for Economic Development from 26.5.1993 to 4.4.1995.

Electorate

Name: Macarthur
Location: South-western outskirts of Sydney and southern highlands of New South Wales; it includes the centres of Appin, Austral, Berrima, Bowral, Camden, Leppington, Mittagong, Narellan, Picton, Tahmoor, Warragamba, and the southern suburbs of Campbelltown.
Area: 4,601 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 91,700 (at 3.10.1998)
Industries: Dairying, grazing, light engineering, coal mining, cement works, orchards and tourism.
Includes: Macarthur includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Burrinjuck, Camden, Campbelltown, Kiama, Liverpool, Macquarie Fields and Southern Highlands.

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