Biography
- Parliamentary service
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- State: Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Randwick 1970. Retired prior to general elections 1971.
- Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, 1990. Re-elected 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2001. Retired prior to general elections 2004.
- Ministerial appointments
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- Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 27.12.1991 to 24.3.1993.
- Minister for Industrial Relations from 24.3.1993 to 11.3.1996.
- Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Public Service Matters from 24.3.1993 to 23.12.1993.
- Cabinet Minister from 24.3.1993 to 11.3.1996.
- Minister for Transport from 23.12.1993 to 11.3.1996.
- Committee service
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- House of Representatives Standing: Privileges served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004
- Joint Select: Intelligence Services served as Deputy Chair from 28.6.2001 to 27.8.2001
- Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served as Chair from 16.5.1990 to 16.1.1992; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served as Deputy Chair from 18.6.1996 to 7.12.1998; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 8.12.1998 to 19.3.2002; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served as Deputy Chair from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004
- Joint Statutory: Corporations and Securities served from 7.3.1991 to 27.12.1991
- Conferences, delegations and visits
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- Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland, July-August 1991.
- Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia, June 1992.
- Official visits to Indonesia and Hong Kong, November-December 1993.
- Official visits to Indonesia and Hong Kong, November-December 1993.
- Official visits to Europe, UK and USA, June 1994.
- Official visits to China and Hong Kong, March-April 1995.
- Official visits to USA and Switzerland, June 1995.
- Official visits to South Africa and Israel, July 1995.
- Official visits to China, September 1995.
- Visit to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September-October 1996.
- Visit to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September-October 1999.
- Study tour, Indonesia, April 1999.
- Study tour, New Zealand, September 1999.
- Member, Official Delegation to observe the referendum in East Timor, August-September 1999.
- East Timor, December 1999.
- Study tour, New Zealand, March 2000.
- Study tour, East Timor, August 2000.
- Study tour, China, Thailand and Singapore, April 2001.
- Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Kuwait, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, July-August 2002.
- Parliamentary Adviser, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), New York, September-December 2002.
- Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, December 2003.
- Parliamentary party positions
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- Australian Labor Party. Served: 24.03.1990 to 31.08.2004
- Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs from 20.3.1996 to 25.11.2001.
- Shadow Cabinet Minister from 20.3.1996 to 25.11.2001.
- Personal
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- Born: 29.5.1946, Sydney, Australia
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
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- Traineeship in Electrical Trades.
- State/Territory Government service
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- Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Randwick 1970. Retired prior to general elections 1971.
- Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heffron, 1973. Resigned 17.2.1990 to contest the House of Representatives division of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales.
- Minister for Health from 2.10.1981 to 10.2.1984.
- Minister for Roads from 27.10.1983 to 10.2.1984.
- Minister for Public Works from 10.2.1984 to 26.11.1987.
- Minister for Employment from 10.2.1984 to 5.4.1984.
- Minister for Roads from 5.4.1984 to 26.11.1987.
- Electorate
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- Name: Kingsford Smith
- Location: southern Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Botany, Chifley, Clovelly, Coogee, Daceyville, Eastlakes, Hillsdale, Kensington, Kingsford, La Perouse, Little Bay, Malabar, Maroubra, Mascot, Matraville, Pagewood, Phillip Bay, Randwick, Rosebery and South Coogee.
- Area: 62 Sq km
- Electors enrolled: 86,647 (at 10.11.2001)
- Industries: shipping, paper manufacturing, light manufacturing, commercial and retail businesses.
- Includes: Kingsford Smith includes the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Maroubra, and parts of Coogee, Heffron and Kogarah.