The Hon Warren Entsch MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Leichhardt, Queensland, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004. Retired prior to general elections 2007. Re-elected 2010.

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Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources from 21.10.98 to 26.11.01.
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources from 26.11.01 to 27.1.06.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 29.5.96 to 31.8.98; Environment, Recreation and the Arts from 30.5.96 to 31.8.98; Environment and Heritage from 9.2.06 to 17.10.07; Health and Ageing from 9.2.06 to 17.10.07; Selection from 30.9.10 to 23.5.11 and from 25.5.11; House from 25.10.10.
• Joint Statutory: Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund from 18.6.96 (Chair from 4.6.97) to 31.8.98.
• Joint Select: Australia's Immigration Detention Network from 16.8.11.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Official visits to Indonesia and Christmas Island, September 2000; Indonesia, November 2000; USA, Canada and United Arab Emirates, September-October 2003; USA, July 2005.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Morocco, Algeria and Nigeria, August-September 2006.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Chile and Peru, November 2006.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Malta and Spain, April 2007.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Chief Opposition Whip from 14.9.10.

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Personal

• Born 31.5.1950, Babinda, Qld.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Aircraft engine fitter 1969-78.
• Maintenance fitter and welder 1978-82.
• Real estate sales and development from 1982.
• Crocodile catcher and farmer from 1982.
• Grazier from 1988.
• Company director.

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Electorate

• Description: rural.
  
  Location: far north Queensland; it includes the centres of Aurukun, Bamaga, Cooktown, Hope Vale, Kowanyama, Kuranda, Lockhart River, Mossman, Pormpuraaw, Port Douglas and Weipa, and parts of Cairns. It also includes the Torres Strait Islands.
  
  Area: 148 988 sq km (approx.).
  
  Electors enrolled: 93 140 (at 21.8.10).
  
  Industries: sugar, tropical fruit, aquaculture, cattle, fishing, mining and tourism.
  
  State electorates: Leichhardt includes the Queensland Legislative Assembly electorate of Cairns, and parts of Barron River, Cook and Mulgrave.

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