Biography for HAASE, Barry WayneMember for Durack (WA)
Liberal Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007.
Re-elected following the 2008 electoral redistribution for Durack, Western Australia 2010.
Parliamentary Positions
Member, Speaker's Panel from 1.6.06 to 17.10.07.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 8.12.98 to 31.8.04 and from 25.10.10; House from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Industry and Resources from 20.3.02 to 17.10.07; Members' Interests from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Transport and Regional Services from 20.3.02 to 17.10.07; Procedure from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Employment and Workplace Relations from 11.3.08 to 19.7.10; Primary Industries and Resources from 11.3.08 to 19.7.10; Regional Australia from 25.10.10 to 16.11.10 and from 25.8.11.
Joint Statutory: Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund from 8.12.98 to 11.2.02.
Joint Standing: Treaties from 23.5.01 to 11.2.02; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 1.12.04 to 17.10.07.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to New Caledonia and Vanuatu, November 2003.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, October 2005.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia and Japan, April 2006.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia and Thailand, August 2008.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Canada and Mexico, April-May 2009.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand, March 2011.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Denmark, Sweden and Greece, April 2011.
Parliamentary Party Positions
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Roads and Transport from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Transport from 22.9.08 to 10.11.08; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Energy and Resources from 10.11.08 to 8.12.09.
Party Positions
Member, Liberal Party Karratha Branch from 1987.
Personal
Born 19.11.1945, Southern Cross, WA.
Married.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
Catering management 1968-78.
Company director, air conditioning and building maintenance 1978-98.
Military Service
RAN Catering 1964-67.
Electorate
Description: rural.
Location: northern Western Australia; it includes the centres of Broome, Carnarvon, Dampier, Derby, Exmouth, Geraldton, Kalbarri, Karratha, Newman, Port Hedland, Wiluna and Wyndham.
Area: 1 587 758 sq km (approx.) - this constitutes the largest electorate in Australia.
Electors enrolled: 85 782 (at 21.8.10).
Industries: mining, cattle, sheep, fishing, tropical fruits, vegetables and tourism.
State electorates: Durack includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorates of Kimberly and North West, and parts of Central Wheatbelt, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Moore and Pilbara.