Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined the party on 17 January 1961.Former Chairman Parliamentary Caucus Transport and Tourism Committee. Former member Parliamentary Caucus Legal, Police, Transport, Tourist and Roads Committees. Chairman Parliamentary Caucus Tourist and Small Business Committee and member of the Local Government Committee. Current Chairman Parliamentary Caucus Olympic Committee, and Chairman of the Australian Labor Party's Centre Unity Parliamentary Caucus. Delegate to Auburn State Electoral Council. Vice President of Regents Park Branch. Delegate to State Electoral Council.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (solicitor). Educated at Benedict Boys High School, Broadway, Macquarie University, University of Sydney. Telegram boy, Postman, Storeman, Clerical Assistant, Clerk, Union Assistant Secretary, Solicitor, Railway Signalman, Shunter, Solicitor and Barrister. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Legal Studies, Dip.Law (Barristers Admissions Board)., Diploma of Labour Relations and the Law. Barrister-at-Law, Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. Teacher of Law with Department of Technical and Further Education 1975-1982.
Recreational interests included Law, chess, reading, politics, the history of Australia and the Americal Civil War. Law and order, police, education, local government, transport, tourism, anti-corruption, the Olympics, and the Australian, United States of America and United Kingdom legal systems.