Date of Birth: 17/11/1938
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 05/04/2015
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 |
29 May 2007 |
04 Mar 2011 |
3 years 9 months 4 days |
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| Member, Joint Select Committee on the Threatened Species Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Banking) Bill 2006 |
23 Nov 2006 |
15 Jan 2007 |
1 month 24 days |
Appointed Chair 23/11/2006 |
| Member, Select Committee on the Continued Public Ownership of Snowy Hydro Limited |
07 Jun 2006 |
26 Oct 2006 |
4 months 20 days |
Chair of the Committee. |
| Member, Privileges Committee |
14 Sep 2004 |
23 Jun 2005 |
9 months 10 days |
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| Member, Procedure Committee |
14 Sep 2004 |
22 Sep 2005 |
1 year 9 days |
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| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 1 |
14 Sep 2004 |
08 Dec 2005 |
1 year 2 months 25 days |
Elected Chair 17/09/2004. |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 |
10 Jul 2003 |
20 Oct 2005 |
2 years 3 months 11 days |
Elected Chair 25 August 2003. Resigned as Chair on 28 October 2004. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
03 Sep 2002 |
04 Mar 2011 |
8 years 6 months 2 days |
Casual vacancy [caused by resignation of E B Nile] |
Political Party Activity
Christian Democratic Party. Board of reference 1983 - April 2009.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
BA Melbourne University 1961.
Management Courses:
Monash University/Mt Eliza Graduate School of Management AIM.
NSW Graduate School of Management.
Diploma of Ministry, Federal College of the Bible, Melbourne. Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Ministry 2002.
Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City TN. USA Lecturer 1992-.
Minister of Religion 1959 - present:
Minister Ascot/Newmarket Churches of Christ (Vic) 1957- 1963.
Minister, Cheltenham Church of Christ (Vic) 1966-78.
Minister Ararat Church of Christ (Vic) 1964.
Superintendent Wesley Mission Sydney 1979- present.
Interests include:
Lecturing on the Urban Mission of the Church. Writing, broadcasting and telecasting.
Broadcaster - weekly radio 4 hour program - 1965 - present.
Telecasting - weekly national TV program - 1966 to present. (2,500 telecasts).
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Married to Beverley. One daughter, 3 sons.
Additional Information
Member of Australian Club and Rotary Club of Sydney 1983 - present.
Publications - Fifty books published in Australia, UK, USA, China.
Weekly magazines Editor 1957 - present. (2,400 editions)
Bi monthly magazine "Impact" editor 1979 - present.
Citizen of the Year Moorabbin (Vic) 1977. Paul Harris Fellow Rotary
International 1978. Australian Public Speaker of the Year by Rostrum - 1984.
Doctor of Divinity (H.C.) California Graduate School of Theology - 1985. Member
of Order of Australia - AM 1986. Communication and Leadership Award,
Toastmasters International - 1986. Father of the Year by NSW Father of the
Year Council - 1986. Doctor of Laws, (H.C) California Graduate School of
Theology 1989. Doctor of Letters (H.C.), Milligan College, Tennessee, USA -
1989. Rotary International President's "Distinguished Service" Award - 1994.
Companion of the Order of Australia AC - 2002.
First speech, 30 October 2002:
Swearing in of Member, 17
September 2002:
