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Oral histories on the topic 'gerry hand'

Daryl Smeaton

Daryl Smeaton

Daryl Smeaton was born in Victoria in 1949. In 1971 he was Departmental Liaison Officer to the Attorney-General and from 1973 to 1975 he provided Ministerial Services to the Special Minister of State. Between 1987 and 1994 he worked as Senior Private Secretary to two Ministers for Justice, Michae...
Topics: Administrative Services, Adrian Wild, Amanda Vanstone, ASIO, Attorney-General’s Department, Audrey Fagan, Australasian Police Ministers Council, Australian Council of Youth Political Leaders, Australian Federal Police, Australian Rules football, Ballarat, Barrie Unsworth, Bill Bowtell, Bill Coad, Bob Collins, Bob Hawke, Bob McMullan, Brian Harradine, Brian Howe, Briefings, Cabinet Room, Canberra, Canberra Rex, Carol Summerhayes, China, Clarrie Harders, Clyde Cameron, Coast Watch, Commissioner for Trade Practices, Commonwealth Law Enforcement Board, Consumer affairs, Department of Finance, Department of Justice, Dismissal (November 11, 1975), Don Chipp, Don Russell, Don Willesee, Doug McClelland, Duncan Kerr, East Block, Ellen Hawke, Family life, Fred Chaney, Freedom of Information, Gareth Evans, Gary Quinlan, Geoff Fary, Gerry Hand, Gough Whitlam, Gowrie Hostel, Graham Richardson, Greens, Guns, Hobart, Hoddle Street massacre, Interchange Program, Ivor Greenwood, Jaan, Joe Thwaites, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, John Bennett, John Button, John Howard, John Kerr, John Rowe, Keith Wright, Koula Alexiandes, Labor Party, Laurie Oakes, Lionel Bowen, Malcolm Fraser, Michael Bolton, Michael Lavarch, Michael Lee, Michael Tate, Michelle Grattan, Milton Cockburn, Neal Blewett, New Parliament House, Nick Bolkus, Noel Crichton-Browne, Parliamentary Liaison, Pat O’Connor, Paul Bongiorno, Paul Calvert, Paul Keating, Peter Cook, Peter McAulay, Peter Walsh, Port Arthur massacre, Press Gallery, Provisional Parliament House, Public Service Board, Question Time, Referendum Bills, Robert Cotton, Sandy Hollway, Sid Spindler, Simon Overland, Spain, Special Minister for State, Special Premiers’ Conference, Stanley Ho, Stuart Flats, Thailand, Treaties, University studies, USA, Wrest Point Casino, Young Christian Workers Movement
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John 'Giff' Jones (1934-2014)

John 'Giff' Jones was a Parliamentary Liaison Officer, House of Representatives, in the early 1970s. He was head of office and senior adviser to the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Multicultural Affairs in 1988. Born in 1934, he died in 20...
Topics: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Bill Snedden, Canberra, Canberra University College, Clyde Holding, CSIRO, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of Trade, Derek Carrington, Don Chipp, Ethnic Affairs, Fin Crisp, Fred Daly, Geoffrey Yeend, Gerry Hand, Gough Whitlam, Hostels, House of Representatives, Ian Sinclair, Immigration Advisory Council, Immigration Planning Council, Jack McEwen, Lance Barnard, Manufacturing Industry Advisory Council, McMahon government, Mick Young, Mike Codd, Multicultural Affairs Agenda, National Development, New Parliament House, New Zealand, Nigel Bowen, Parliamentary Liaison Officers, Peter Cotton, Peter Shergold, Phillip Lynch, Provisional Parliament House, Reg Swartz, Regional Development Branch, Reid House (ACT), Robert Menzies, Sandy Hollway, Senior private secretaries, Sydney airport issue, Tariff Board, Whitlam Labor government
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