The Hon. (Jeff) Jeffrey William SHAW (1949 - )

Date of Birth: 10/10/1949
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	1 May 1990	3 May 1991	1yr(s) 3day(s)	49th (1988 - 1991)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	25 May 1991	5 Mar 1999	7yr(s) 9mth(s) 9day(s)	51st (1995 - 1999)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	27 Mar 1999	4 Jul 2000	1yr(s) 3mth(s) 8day(s)	53rd (2003 - 2007)
Attorney General and Minister for Industrial Relations	4 Apr 1995	28 Jun 2000	5yrs 2mths 25days
Minister for Fair Trading	30 Apr 1998	8 Apr 1999	11mth(s) 10day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined the party in 1968.

Community Activity

Former member of Governing Council, Sydney College of Advanced Education.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Boronia Park and Chatswood Public (opportunity) Schools, Hunters Hill High School B.A., LL.B. University of Sydney; Templeton College Oxford University. 1 term - British Council Scholar). Articled clerk. Admitted to practise as a solicitor (W.C Taylor & Scott) in 1975 and as a barrister in 1976. Visiting Professor of Law (UNSW), Adjunct Professor in Faculty of Economics at University of Sydney; Adjunct Professor of Law at (UTS); Deputy Chairman at New South Wales Law Reform Commission; New South Wales Attorney General 1995-2000. Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales 2003 - 2004; solicitor - consultant 2005. Part time lecturer in employment law (University of Sydney). Practised as a Queens Counsel in Higgins Chambers. Author of Industrial Relations Law publications. Recreational interests include book reviewing and music.

Military Service

Hunters Hill High School Cadet Corps (Sergeant)

Honours Received

Queens Counsel (QC) in 1986

Personal

Son of William John and Gladys May Shaw. Married Elizabeth Bryant on 21 December 1974 and had issue, 2 sons.

Additional Information

First speech

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