Biography for AULICH, the Hon. Terrence GordonSenator for Tasmania
Australian Labor Party
Parliamentary Service
State: Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Wilmot, 1976. Defeated at general elections 1982.
Federal: Elected to the Senate for Tasmania, 1984. Re-elected 1987. Defeated at general elections, 1993.
Parliamentary Positions
Temporary Chairman of Committees from 23.8.1990 to 30.6.1993.
Committee Service
Senate Standing: Disputed Returns and Qualifications from 11.9.1985 to 5.6.1987; Privileges from 11.9.1985 to 5.6.1987; Parliamentary Library from 14.4.1986 to 30.6.1993; Appropriations and Staffing from 24.9.1987 to 30.6.1993; Publications from 9.10.1987 to 8.5.1990.
Senate Select: Television Equalisation from 5.12.1986 to 23.3.1987; Political Broadcasts and Political Disclosures Bill from 16.8.1991 to 28.11.1991.
Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Industry and Trade from 26.2.1985 to 11.9.1985; Foreign Affairs and Defence from 1.7.1985 to 5.6.1987; Finance and Government Operations from 3.4.1987 to 18.5.1987; Employment, Education and Training from 24.9.1987 to 30.6.1993 (Chair from 6.10.1987 to 30.6.1993).
Senate Estimates: D from 26.3.1985 to 22.8.1985; E from 22.8.1985 to 24.3.1987; B from 24.3.1987 to 5.6.1987; E from 24.9.1987 to 6.9.1989 (Chair from 6.10.1987 to 10.5.1989); C from 20.9.1990 to 6.5.1993; D from 5.9.1991 to 5.9.1991; D from 10.9.1991 to 10.9.1991; D from 12.9.1991 to 12.9.1991; B from 19.10.1992 to 19.10.1992; B from 6.5.1993 to 30.6.1993.
Joint Statutory: Public Accounts from 6.3.1991 to 30.6.1993.
Joint Standing: National Capital (formerly Australian Capital Territory) from 31.5.1989 to 7.5.1992; National Capital (formerly Australian Capital Territory) from 7.5.1992 to 20.5.1993.
Joint Select: Australia Card from 4.12.1985 to 8.5.1986 (Chair from 4.12.1985 to 8.5.1986); Tenure of Appointees to Commonwealth Tribunals from 9.3.1989 to 30.11.1989.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to European Parliamentary Institutions, Brussels and Strasbourg; and visit to Cyprus and Portugal, September-October 1989.
Party Positions
State Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (Tas.) from 1982 to 1983.
Prime Minister's Representative on the Australian Labor Party Administrative Committee (Tas.), 1984.
Personal
Born 5.10.1945, Bathurst, Australia
Qualifications and Occupations before entering Federal Parliament
BA (University of Tasmania).
Teacher from 1967 to 1971.
Senior English Master at Latrobe High School (Tas.) from 1972 to 1976.
Field Officer for the Teachers' Federation (Tas.) from 1983 to 1984.
State/Territory Government Service
Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Wilmot, 1976. Defeated at general elections 1982.
Minister for Administrative Services from 7.8.1979 to 6.5.1980.
Minister for Industrial Relations and Manpower Planning from 7.8.1979 to 27.5.1982.
Minister for Primary Industry from 18.12.1979 to 25.2.1980.
Minister for the Environment from 18.12.1979 to 25.2.1980.
Minister for Water Resources from 18.12.1979 to 25.2.1980.
Minister for Construction from 6.5.1980 to 7.7.1981.
Minister for the Arts from 29.8.1980 to 7.7.1981.
Minister for Education and the Arts from 7.7.1981 to 27.5.1982.
Local Government Service
Councillor, Latrobe Municipal Council.
Publications
Acacia Road, Kinoki Press, Latrobe: 1976.
The River's End, Kerr, Balmain: 1992.