Mr Peter James BREEN (1947 - )

Date of Birth: 04/11/1947

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	27 Mar 1999	23 Mar 2007	7yrs 11mths 25days
Legislation Review Committee	7 May 2003	11 Nov 2003
Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and the Police Integrity Commission	7 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 24days
Member, Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission	20 May 2003	7 Jun 2006	3yrs 19days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3	10 Jul 2003	7 Jun 2006	2yrs 10mths 29days
Member, Joint Select Committee Upon Victims Compensation	1999	28 Feb 2003
Member, Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission	1999	28 Feb 2003
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice	1999	28 Feb 2003
Legislative Council Representative on the Council of the Southern Cross University	7 May 2003

Political Party Activity

President, Liberal Party Campbelltown (Young Liberals) 1971 - 72. Secretary, Australian Bill of Rights Group 1995 - 98. Secretary, Reform the Legal System 1998 - 2006. Joined the Australian Labor Party on 5 May 2006 with resignation taking effect from 18 July 2006.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Solicitors' Admission Board and Diploma of Law (Sydney University). NSW Chairman - Australian Small Business Association 1984. Chairman - Gateway Mining Ltd 1994 - 97. Interested in human rights issues, law reform and access to justice.

Additional Information

Publications - "The Book of Letters"- Allen & Unwin 1985 -98; "Holding on to the Dream" - Cape Byron Press 1994 and "Advance Australia Fair" - Cape Byron Press 1999. First Speech

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