Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Queensland 1996. Re-elected 2001 and 2007. Retired with the expiration of term 2014.

Parliamentary positions

• Temporary Chair of Committees from 29.9.1997 to 19.8.2002.
• Deputy President of the Senate from 19.8.2002 to 25.8.2008.
• Chair of Committees from 19.8.2002 to 25.8.2008.
• President of the Senate from 26.8.2008 to 30.6.2014.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories served from 19.8.2002 to 25.8.2008; Electoral Matters served from 9.11.2005 to 6.12.2006
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts served from 12.12.1996 to 31.8.1998; Public Accounts and Audit served from 1.1.1998 to 5.2.2003; Public Accounts and Audit served from 10.9.2003 to 26.8.2008; Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings served from 26.8.2008 to 11.11.2013; Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings served as Deputy Chair from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 1.7.1996 to 10.9.1996; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served as Chair from 1.7.1996 to 19.8.2002; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served as Substitute member from 17.9.1996 to 22.10.1996; Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: References served from 4.12.1996 to 9.11.1998; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 29.5.1997 to 19.8.2002; Economics: Legislation served as Substitute member from 30.5.1997 to 30.5.1997; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served as Substitute member from 1.11.2000 to 27.2.2001; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served from 20.8.2002 to 10.9.2006; Economics: References served from 5.2.2003 to 10.9.2003; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served as Substitute member from 30.11.2004 to 1.12.2004; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 11.9.2006 to 30.6.2008; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport served as Substitute member from 1.3.2007 to 16.8.2007; Legal and Constitutional Affairs served as Substitute member from 19.3.2008 to 26.6.2008
• Senate Select: Superannuation served from 27.10.1997 to 1.3.1998; Superannuation and Financial Services served from 30.9.1999 to 8.10.2001; Superannuation served from 19.3.2002 to 10.12.2002
• Senate Standing: Regulations and Ordinances served from 1.7.1996 to 23.9.1997; Procedure served as Chair from 19.8.2002 to 11.2.2008; House served as Chair from 19.8.2002 to 13.11.2002; House served from 16.11.2004 to 25.8.2008; Procedure served from 12.2.2008 to 12.2.2008; Procedure served as Chair from 13.2.2008 to 25.8.2008; Procedure served from 26.8.2008 to 30.6.2014; Appropriations and Staffing served as Chair from 26.8.2008 to 11.11.2013; House served as Chair from 26.8.2008 to 27.9.2010; Parliamentary Library served as Chair from 26.8.2008 to 27.9.2010; Parliamentary Library served from 28.9.2010 to 29.9.2010; House served from 28.9.2010 to 29.9.2010; House served as Chair from 30.9.2010 to 30.6.2014; Parliamentary Library served as Chair from 30.9.2010 to 1.12.2013; Appropriations, Staffing and Security served as Chair from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the 102nd IPU Conference, Berlin, Germany and bilateral visit to Italy, October 1999.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, May 2003.
• Attended 4th General Assembly of Asian Parliaments for Peace, the Philippines, August-September 2003.
• Official visits to Canada and USA, August-September 2004.
• Official visits to Samoa, July 2005.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Trinidad and Tobago and USA, July 2006.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to the Cook Islands, July 2007.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, September-October 2008.
• Official visits to Singapore and the Republic of Korea, December 2008.
• Official visits to Chile, April 2009.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Canada and Mexico, April-May 2009.
• Official visits to New Zealand, June-July 2009.
• Official visits to Argentina and Colombia, September 2009.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to USA, September 2009.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to China and Hong Kong, November 2009.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to South Korea, February-March 2010.
• Official visit to UK, April 2010.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to France, Belgium and Germany, April-May 2010.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Ireland and Italy, June 2010.
• Official visit to UK, July 2010.
• Attended 56th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2010.
• Official visits to Tunisia, September 2010.
• Official visits to Denmark, Sweden, Greece, UK and Turkey, April 2011.
• Official visits to Singapore, New Zealand and Tonga, May-June 2011.
• Official visits to Morocco and UK, July 2011.
• Official visits to Peru and USA, September-October 2011.
• Official visits to UK, December 2011.
• Official visits to Belgium, France and Israel, April-May 2012.
• Official visits to Canada and USA, July 2012.
• Official visits to Pakistan, August-September 2012.
• Official visits to UK and Poland, November 2012.
• Official visits to Myanmar and Thailand, April-May 2013.
• Official visits to Argentina and Brazil, May-June 2013.
• Official visits to Cyprus and Russia, July 2013.

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 01.07.1996 to 30.06.2014
• Caucus Secretary for the Australian Labor Party from 1.7.2002 to 25.8.2008.

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party National Executive.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1976.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Qld) from 1981.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Administrative Committee from 1982.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference from 1984.
• Chair of the Australian Labor Party National Policy Committee on Government Administration from 1991 to 1994.

Personal

• Born: 19.3.1949, Brisbane, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BSc (University of Queensland).
• Union official at the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association from 1976.
• Branch Secretary and Member of the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association Executive from 1981 to 1996.
• Branch President of the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association from 1996.

Publications

• Information kit on GST, John Hogg, Carina, Qld: 2000.
• Human cloning and stem cell technology: a look at the social, moral, ethical and political dilemmas that are confronting the community and legislators, John Hogg, Carina, Qld: 2001.