Biography for HUNT, the Hon. Gregory AndrewMember for Flinders (Vic)
Liberal Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Flinders, Victoria, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.
Ministerial Appointments
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage from 26.10.04 to 30.1.07.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 30.1.07 to 3.12.07.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Ageing from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Environment and Heritage from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Climate, Change, Water, Environment and the Arts from 3.2.10 to 10.2.10.
Joint Statutory: Corporations and Financial Services from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04.
Joint Standing: Treaties from 5.6.02 to 31.8.04.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Official visits to South Africa, June 2006; China, September-October 2006; New Zealand, November 2006; Sweden, January 2007; Indonesia, October 2007 and December 2007.
Parliamentary Party Positions
Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 6.12.07. Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08; Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water from 22.9.08 to 8.12.09; Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage from 8.12.09.
Party Positions
Member, Liberal Party from 1994.
Personal
Born 18.11.1965, Frankston, Vic.
Married.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
BA(Hons), LLB(Hons I) (Melb), MA (Yale).
University Prize, Final Year Thesis, Melbourne University; Yale Fellowship; Schell Centre for Human Rights Fellowship, Yale Law School.
Captain, Australian Universities Debating Team 1990.
Articled Clerk, Malleson Stephen Jacques 1991-92.
Associate to Chief Justice of the Australian Federal Court 1992.
Fulbright Scholar and Teaching Assistant, Yale University 1992-94.
Senior Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, AJG Downer, MP 1994-95.
Senior Adviser to the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, AJG Downer, MP 1995-96.
Senior Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. AJG Downer, MP 1996-98.
Chief, Australian Electoral Observer Mission to Cambodia 1998.
Senior Fellow, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Melbourne 1998-99.
Engagement Manager, McKinsey and Co 1999-2001.
Director of Strategy, World Economic Forum, Geneva 2000-01.
Electorate
Description: rural.
Location: southern Victoria, east of Melbourne, based on Mornington Peninsula and Bass Coast region; it includes the centres of Baxter, Cowes, Dalyston, Dromana, Hastings, Koo Wee Rup, Mt Martha, Nyora, Pearcedale, Rosebud, Rye, San Remo, Somerville and French and Phillip Islands.
Area: 1955 sq km (approx.).
Electors enrolled: 100 875 (at 21.8.10).
Industries: steel-rolling mill, dairy farms, fishing, poultry, wineries, orchards, light industries and tourism.
State electorates: Flinders includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Nepean, and parts of Bass, Hastings and Mornington.