Chosen by the Parliament of Queensland on 22.11.84 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice K.J. Martin (resigned).

Elected 1987 (term deemed to have begun 1.7.87), 1993 and 1998. Resigned 11.2.00.

Minister for Resources and Energy from 11.3.96 to 21.10.98.

Senate Standing: Appropriations and Staffing from 24.11.98 to 11.2.00.

Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Education and the Arts from 26.2.85 to 3.6.86; Industry and Trade from 6.5.86 to 5.6.87; Transport, Communications and Infrastructure from 24.9.87 to 8.5.90; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation Committee from 30.6.99 to 11.2.00.

Participating member, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation Committee from 11.10.94 to 29.4.96; Participating member, Economics: Legislation Committee from 17.10.94 to 29.4.96 and from 1.12.98 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Environment, Recreation and the Arts: Legislation Committee from 17.10.94 to 29.4.96; Participating member, Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Legislation and References Committees from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation Committee from 17.10.94 to 29.4.96; Participating member, Community Affairs: Legislation and References Committees from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Economics: References Committee from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education: Legislation and References Committees from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Finance and Public Administration: References Committee from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation and References Committees from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Legal and Constitutional: Legislation and References Committees from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00; Participating member, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation and References Committees from 24.8.99 to 11.2.00.

Senate Select: Aircraft Noise in Sydney from 23.3.95 (Chair from 23.3.95) to 30.11.95.

Senate Estimates: C from 26.3.85 to 31.3.87, from 29.4.87 to 29.9.88 and from 6.9.89 to 8.5.90; E on 27.4.88; D from 9.5.90 to 10.10.94.

Joint Statutory: Public Accounts from 19.8.93 to 9.6.94.

Joint: Australian Capital Territory from 16.5.90 to 6.5.92.

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the Philippines and the Republic of Korea, October 1988.

Official visits to Republic of Korea and Japan, September-October 1996; India and Indonesia, November 1996; Canada, August 1997; Taiwan, September 1997; Papua New Guinea, October-November 1997; Okinawa, Japan, October 1998.

Study tour, Spain, UK and Ireland, July 1999.

Attended 25th Conference of the CPA Australian and Pacific Regions, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, August 1999.

Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 11.4.90 to 7.4.93 and from 26.5.94 to 11.3.96. Shadow Minister for Administrative Services, Local Government and the Australian Capital Territory from 11.4.90 to 28.4.92; Administrative Services from 28.4.92 to 7.4.93; Aviation and Tourism from 26.5.94 to 11.3.96; and Customs from 25.9.94 to 11.3.96.

Born 6.4.36 at Wau, Papua New Guinea.

Married.

BComm (Melb), CPA.

Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Company Director.

Deputy Chair, Queensland Institute of Technology.