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Bill Morrison (politician)

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45: 519:, he was re-elected to Parliament as the member for St George. He became a member of the Joint Parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee and Deputy Chairman of its Defence Sub-committee. In 1983, he was elected as chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. He did not stand for re-election in 460:. In 1969 he was elected deputy chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and chairman of the Sub-committee on Australia's Relations with Indonesia of that committee. He also became a member of the Select Committee on Aircraft Noise, a matter of relevance to his electorate, which was close to 1018: 488:, on 1 December 1973, the position of Minister for External Territories was abolished and he became Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to Papua New Guinea. From 6 June 1975, he was 1008: 477: 1023: 381: 140: 1043: 1003: 1033: 413: 1053: 1013: 1028: 965: 690: 845: 822: 1048: 492:
and Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to the Islands of the Pacific. He was Minister for Defence during
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for service to the Commonwealth Parliament and to international relations. He retired in 1989.
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In 1969 Morrison resigned from the diplomatic service to successfully contest the seat of
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In 1985, Morrison was appointed Ambassador to Indonesia. In 1988, he was made an
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in the early 1990s. In 2005, he tried to restore the reputation of
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives for St George
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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
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and graduated with an honours degree in economics from the
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Index

The Honourable
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Minister for Defence
Lance Barnard
James Killen
Minister for Science
Gough Whitlam
Clyde Cameron
Minister for External Territories
Gough Whitlam
Australian Parliament
St George
Maurice Neil
Stephen Dubois
Len Bosman
Maurice Neil
Lithgow, New South Wales
Bardwell Valley, New South Wales
Labor
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Australian Labor Party
Whitlam government
Minister for External Territories
Science
Defence
Ambassador to Indonesia
Lithgow, New South Wales
University of Sydney
Department of External Affairs

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