Peter Steedman

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Peter Steedman
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Casey
In office
5 March 1983 –1 December 1984
Preceded by Peter Falconer
Succeeded by Bob Halverson
Personal details
Born (1941-12-07) 7 December 1941 (age 79)
Nationality Australian
Political party Labor
OccupationJournalist

Alan Peter Steedman (born 7 December 1941) [1] is a former Australian politician. He represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1984, holding the Victorian seat of Casey.

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Early life

At Melbourne University Steedman edited Farrago , the Melbourne University Student Union paper. [2] He also edited Lot's Wife at Monash University. [3] After leaving university he joined The Age as "editor of a section aimed at the youth market". [4]

Politics

In September 1982, Steedman won ALP preselection for the Division of Casey. [5] He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1983 federal election, defeating the incumbent Liberal MP Peter Falconer. However, a redistribution made his seat marginally Liberal, and as a result he was defeated at the 1984 election by Liberal Bob Halverson. [6]

Steedman used parliamentary privilege on several occasions to allege that members of the Liberal and National parties were neo-Nazis, notably accusing Senator Florence Bjelke-Petersen of associating with a man he described as "one of Australia's most notorious Nazis and Hitler lovers". [7] [8]

Steedman was an unsuccessful candidate for ALP preselection at the 1986 Scullin by-election. [9] His candidacy brought him into conflict with former state secretary Bill Hartley, who made public comments disparaging him. [10] He was later defeated by Jenny Macklin for preselection in Jagajaga prior to the 1996 federal election. [11] Steedman remained involved in the ALP as a delegate to state and national conferences. In 1990 he argued against the Hawke Government's proposed privatisation of Qantas and Trans Australia Airlines, stating that Treasurer Paul Keating had "systematically and knowingly stuffed the airlines up and starved them of funds" as part of a strategy to "sabotage them". [12]

Other activities

Steedman was the executive director of Ausmusic from 1988 to 1996. [13] The organisation was established with financial assistance from the federal government to support the Australian music industry. [14] It was sold in March 1998 to Entertainment World Limited (EWL). [15]

Steedman later coordinated a campaign to revive the Healesville railway line as a tourist line servicing the Yarra Valley. [15]

Personal life

Steedman previously owned a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) property in Hurstbridge, Victoria, with his wife Julie, a potter. He bought the property in the 1970s from playwright David Williamson, a university friend. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ For the correct date, see Breen, Marcus (2006). Rock Dogs: Politics and the Australian Music Industry. Lanham, Maryland, USA: University Press of America. p. 41. ISBN   9780761834694.
  2. ↑ Carbone, Suzanne; Money, Lawrence (11 October 2006). "Hard days for the hard men". The Age. Melbourne.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "The Farrago editorship". The Canberra Times. 15 December 1985.
  5. ↑ "Innes loses ALP poll for seat". The Canberra Times. 6 September 1982.
  6. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  7. ↑ Malone, Paul (11 May 1984). "In highlighting racial issues the Opposition opens a Pandora's box". The Canberra Times.
  8. ↑ "Alderman 'Neo-Nazi'". The Australian Jewish Times. 5 July 1984.
  9. ↑ "Left wing supports Steedman". The Canberra Times. 31 December 1985.
  10. ↑ "Umbrella too small". The Canberra Times. 7 January 1986.
  11. ↑ "Uphill battle of breaking into politics and business". The Canberra Times. 22 December 1994.
  12. ↑ "Assets to reap $3b". The Canberra Times. 25 September 1990.
  13. 1 2 de Silva, Christine (11 March 2014). "Eco-friendly home with links to playwright Williamson and MP Steedman for sale". Northern Leader. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Singing for economic recovery". The Canberra Times. 30 March 1992.
  15. 1 2 Watts, Tim (27 April 1998). "A rebel engineers another head of steam". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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