Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Burke, Victoria, 1980. Re-elected 1983. Elected to the House of Representatives for Calwell, Victoria, 1984, following electoral redistribution. Re-elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1998. Defeated at general elections 2001.

Parliamentary appointments

• Member of the National Library of Australia Council from 23.11.1998 to 12.8.1999.

Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services from 24.3.1993 to 23.12.1993.
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 24.3.1993 to 11.3.1996.
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services from 23.12.1993 to 25.3.1994.
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health from 23.12.1993 to 25.3.1994.
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Human Services and Health from 25.3.1994 to 11.3.1996.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Parliamentary Library served from 26.11.1980 to 4.2.1983; Publications served as Chair from 10.5.1983 to 26.10.1984; Publications served from 27.10.1984 to 26.5.1986; Industry, Science and Technology served from 8.10.1987 to 19.2.1990
• Joint Select: Migration Regulations served as Chair from 15.6.1989 to 19.2.1990
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs and Defence served from 28.2.1985 to 5.6.1987; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 20.10.1987 to 8.2.1993; Migration Regulations served as Chair from 17.5.1990 to 8.2.1993; Migration served from 18.6.1996 to 27.6.1996; Migration served from 2.9.1997 to 9.8.1999; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served as Deputy Chair from 8.12.1998 to 14.7.1999; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 15.7.1999 to 9.8.1999
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts served from 26.11.1980 to 5.6.1987

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Delegate to the Australian and Pacific Parliamentary Seminar, Canberra, Hobart, New Zealand and Samoa, September 1982.
• Delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention, Adelaide, April 1983.
• Delegate to the 72nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Switzerland, September 1984.
• Attended official meetings in China, September 1986.
• Attended official meetings in Thailand, January 1987.
• Attended official meetings in Greece and Cyprus, August 1987.
• Attended study tour in the Philippines, November 1987.
• Attended study tour in the South Pacific, 1988.
• Attended official meetings in France, Belgium, Cyprus and Portugal from September to October 1989.
• Attended official meetings in Iran, Jordan, Egypt and Israel from October to November 1992.
• Attended official meetings in the Marshall Islands, August 1993.
• Attended official meetings in New Zealand, August 1994.
• Attended official meetings in Egypt and Cyprus, September 1994.
• Attended official meetings in New Zealand, December 1995.
• Attended official meetings in France, Belgium, the UK and Ireland from September to October 1996.
• Attended study tour in Cyprus, Germany, UK, Croatia and Bosnia from April to May 1998.
• Attended official meetings in Papua New Guinea, March 1999.
• Attended study tour in Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Croatia and Romania from October to November 2000.

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 18.10.1980 to 18.04.2000
• Independent. Served: 18.04.2000 to 10.11.2001
• Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet from 20.3.1996 to 20.10.1998.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 20.3.1996 to 20.10.1998.

Other positions

• Member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive.

Personal

• Born: 24.3.1946, Paphos, Cyprus
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• PhD (University of Melbourne).
• BA(Hons) (Monash University).
• BLitt (University of Oxford).
• Lecturer in Politics at Melbourne State College.
• Lecturer at the University of Nevada (USA). .
• Lecturer in Social Theory at the University of Melbourne.
• Senior Teaching Fellow at Monash University (Vic.).

Electorate

• Name: Calwell
• Location: North-western Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Attwood, Broadmeadows, Bulla, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Dallas, Delahey, Diggers Rest, Gladstone Park, Glenroy, Greenvale, Hillside, Jacana, Keilor, Keilor Downs, Meadow Heights, Melbourne Airport, Oak Park, Roxburgh Park, Somerton, Sydenham, Taylors Lakes, Tullamarine and Westmeadows.
• Area: 234 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 87,318 (at 3.10.1998)
• Industries: Automobile manufacturing, food processing, textiles, telecommunications, airline industries and paper and card recycling.
• Includes: Calwell includes parts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Broadmeadows, Keilor, Pascoe Vale, Thomastown and Tullamarine.

Publications

• Australian democracy in crisis: a radical approach to Australian politics, Oxford University Press, Melbourne: 1980.
• A macroeconomic strategy for industry reconstruction and job creation, Andrew Theophanous, Canberra: 1982.
• Multiculturalism and the development of Australia, University of Adelaide Labor Club, Adelaide: 1988.
• Towards a fairer immigration system for Australia, Andrew Theophanous, Canberra: 1992.
• Understanding social justice: an Australian perspective, Elikia Books, Carlton South, Vic: 1993.
• Understanding social justice: an Australian perspective (2nd edition), Elikia Books, Carlton South, Vic: 1994.
• Understanding multiculturalism and Australian identity, Elikia Books, Carlton South, Vic: 1995.
• Multiculturalism, social justice and active citizenship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne: 1997.
• Globalization and the way forward for Australian multiculturalism, Andrew Theophanous, Canberra: 1997.
• Economic globalisation and the need for a new international policy response, Andrew Theophanous, Broadmeadows, Vic: 1998.