The Hon Andrew Robb AO, MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Goldstein, Victoria, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

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Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs from 27.1.06 to 30.1.07.
• Minister for Vocational and Further Education from 30.1.07 to 3.12.07.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 1.12.04 to 28.2.06; Economics, Finance and Public Administration from 1.12.04 to 9.2.06; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government from 10.11.08 to 3.2.10.
• Joint Statutory: Intelligence and Security from 27.8.08 to 19.3.09.
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 11.3.08 to 25.9.08; Electoral Matters from 3.2.10.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Singapore, August 2008.
• Official visits to the Philippines, March 2006; USA, June 2006; Indonesia, Singapore and Israel, July 2008.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 6.12.07. Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and COAG and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Emissions Trading Design from 22.9.08 to 8.12.09; Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction from 25.3.10 to 14.9.10; Shadow Minister for Finance, Deregulation and Debt Reduction from 14.9.10.
• Chairman, Coalition Policy Development Committee from 8.12.09.

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Party positions

• Member, Liberal Party Queanbeyan Branch 1988-97.
• Deputy Federal Director, Liberal Party 1988-89.
• Federal Director, Liberal Party 1990-97.
• Member, Liberal Party Cremorne Point Branch 1997-2002.
• Member, Liberal Party Fundraising Committee (NSW) 1997-2004.
• Honorary Finance Director (Party Treasurer), Liberal Party (NSW) 2001-04.
• Member, Liberal Party Kirribilli Branch from 2002-04.
• Member, Liberal Party State Executive (NSW) 2001-04.
• Honorary Chair, Liberal Party Millennium Fundraising Forum (NSW) 2004.
• Member, Liberal Party Brighton Branch from 2004.

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Personal

• Born 20.8.1951, Melbourne, Vic.
• Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BEc (Hons)(La Trobe), Dip AgricSc (Dookie Agricultural College).
• Animal health officer, Vic. Dept of Agriculture 1972-74.
• Agricultural economist, Vic. Dept of Agriculture 1974-79.
• Part-time tutor, La Trobe University 1976-79.
• Economist, National Farmers' Federation 1980.
• Executive Director, Cattle Council of Australia 1981-84.
• Executive Director, National Farmers' Federation 1985-88.
• Deputy Federal Director, Liberal Party 1988-89.
• Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. AS Peacock 1989-90.
• Federal Director, Liberal Party 1990-97.
• Consultant, Ammirati Puritas Lintas 1997.
• Senior Executive, PBL 1997-99.
• Board member, Sinclair Knight Merz 1998-2001.
• Chief Executive Officer, Acxiom Australia 1999-2001.
• Chairman, Acxiom Australia 2001-04.
• Business adviser 2001-04.

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Electorate

• Description: inner metropolitan.
  Location: south-eastern Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Beaumaris, Bentleigh, Black Rock, Brighton East, Caulfield South, Cheltenham, Glenhuntly, Hampton, Hampton East, Highett, Ormond and Sandringham.
  Area: 49 sq km (approx.).
  Electors enrolled: 93 945 (at 21.8.10).
  Industries: light industrial and commercial activities.
  State electorates: Goldstein includes parts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Bentleigh, Brighton, Caulfield, Oakleigh and Sandringham.

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Honours

• Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia, January 2003.
• Awarded Centenary Medal 2003.

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