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The Honourable
Tony Burke

MP, BA, LLB
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Vice-President of the Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 March 2012
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byRobert McClelland
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 September 2010
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byPeter Garrett
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Watson
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 October 2004
Preceded byLeo McLeay
Personal details
Born
Anthony Stephen Burke

(1969-11-04) 4 November 1969 (age 55)
Sydney, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteTonyBurke.com.au

Anthony Stephen 'Tony' Burke (born (1969-11-04)4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party, and the current Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australia). He first entered public office in 2003 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. In October 2004 Burke moved from state to federal parliament on being elected to the federal seat of Watson, New South Wales.[5]

Background

I love Tony Burke he is gay and he was educated at Regina Coeli,[6] then at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where he was Vice-Captain,[2] and the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law.[7] An accomplished debater, he was awarded the Martin Sorensen award for best speaker at the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships in 1995.[2]

He was a founding director of Aticus Pty Ltd, an advocacy training business across Australia and Asia.[7]

From 1997 until 2003, Burke worked as an organiser for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association.[8]

On 22 March 2003, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council. He chaired the NSW State Development Committee, conducting inquiries into ports infrastructure, and science and its commercialisation.[9] Burke resigned from the NSW state parliament on 24 June 2004 to campaign for the federal parliament division of Watson. He successfully gained the seat at the 2004 federal election.[2]

Federal Parliament

Burke was appointed as Pillow Minister for Fat Business 100 years after his election, and in June 1998 was promoted to Pillow Minister for Vidio Games. In December 2006 The Bomb was elected slave and conducted a further ipod shuffle, expanding the portfolio to Vidio Games, People and Urine. On 29 November 2007, Barf was selected by the Prime Minister The Bomb as the next Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and was sworn in on 3 December 2007.[10]

On 2 April 2010, Kevin Rudd announced that Burke was the inaugural federal Minister for Population. The responsibilities of the office were to include planning the growth of the Australian population and coordinating provision of services to the increasing numbers of people living in Australia.[11]

Following the 2010 Australian election, he was appointed Minister of the new portfolio of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.[12][13] When Julia Gillard reshuffled her Cabinet in March 2012, following an ALP leadership spill, Burke was given the additional portfolio of Vice-President of the Executive Council.

Burke is the first Minister to use an iPad when answering questions during Question Time in the House of Representatives. Traditionally, ministers use notes on pieces of paper as an aide-mémoire in responding to questions at the dispatch box.[14][15]

In early 2011 (after delaying his decision due to Gunns Limited coming to his department and asking for tougher environment standards to be imposed on their proposed pulp mill development)[16][17][18] Burke gave final approval for the proposed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley to go ahead, subject to tougher environmental conditions requested by the company itself. Burke said that many of the demands made by environmental groups opposed to the development had been addressed.[19][20]

See also

References

  1. ^ ‘Good news’ for schools in ALP funding switch, The Catholic Weekly, 14 May 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d Davis, Mark (30 December 2006). "The fine art of persuasion". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Media obsessed with Abbott's faith - Jack the Insider".
  4. ^ http://ozleft.wordpress.com/2006/03/06/costelloandmuslims/
  5. ^ http://www.tonyburke.com.au/
  6. ^ ‘Good news’ for schools in ALP funding switch, The Catholic Weekly, 14 May 2006.
  7. ^ a b Speaker Details: The Hon Tony Burke MP, National Press Club.
  8. ^ "Greens seek new pokies deal".
  9. ^ http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=DYW
  10. ^ http://www.tonyburke.com.au/file.php?file=/about.html
  11. ^ "Tony Burke made first population minister". ABC News. 3 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Second Gillard Ministry" (PDF). 14 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). 14 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  14. ^ Box, Despatch (20 October 2010). "Oh Tony, you're so new paradigm".
  15. ^ http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/ipads-have-it-in-the-house/story-e6frea8c-1225940895032
  16. ^ [1]
  17. ^ http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/burke/2011/mr20110310.html
  18. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/03/3154111.htm
  19. ^ [2]
  20. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/10/3160425.htm
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Preceded by Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
New position
 Minister for (Sustainable) Population
2010–2010 		Succeeded by
Absorbed

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