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Lgbt Politicians From Australia: Don Dunstan, Bob Brown, Louise Pratt, Neal Blewett, Penny Wong, Andrew Barr, Andrew Olexander, Penny Sharpe |
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English |
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Paperback |
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70 |
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2010-05-06 |
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1155749227 |
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Books LLC |
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0.25 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Don Dunstan, Bob Brown, Louise Pratt, Neal Blewett, Penny Wong, Andrew Barr, Andrew Olexander, Penny Sharpe, Giz Watson, Brian Greig, Ian Hunter, Gary Singer, Shayne Mallard, Paul O'grady. Excerpt: Andrew Barr (born 1973) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member for the seat of Molonglo in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2006-04-05, after being elected on a countback to replace former Treasurer Ted Quinlan , who resigned mid-term. Barr was immediately promoted to Cabinet upon his election. As one of only five Ministers in the Territory government, he holds a number of portfolios - Education and Training, Planning, Tourism, Sport and Recreation and Industrial Relations, and other portfolio responsibilities include Children and Youth, Planning, Tourism, Sport and Recreation. He is the first openly gay Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Minister in the Australian Capital Territory and the first openly gay Cabinet member anywhere in Australia. He has also been a vocal supporter of the territory's affordable housing action plan and same-sex civil union/partnerships bill. Biography Barr was born in Lismore , New South Wales , and was raised in Canberra, attending Holt Pre-School, the AME School , Turner Primary School, Lyneham High School and Lake Ginninderra College. He studied political science , economics and economic history at the Australian National University , where he became involved in student politics, serving as Treasurer of the Australian National University Students' Association and as a director on the board of the Australian National University Union . After graduating in 1995, he worked for the Federal parliamentarian Annette Ellis and later the then ACT Opposition Leader Jon Stanhope , before emb...
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