Peter Howard Costello is an Australian businessman,lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving treasurer in Australia's history. Costello was a member of parliament (MP) of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2009,representing the Division of Higgins. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007.
Petro Georgiou AO is a Greek Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 1994 to July 2010,representing the Division of Kooyong,Victoria.
Margaret Elizabeth Reid is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 1981 to 2003,representing the Liberal Party. She held her seat for nearly 22 years,winning eight consecutive elections. Reid is the first woman to have served as President of the Senate.
Brendan John Nelson is an Australian business leader,physician and former politician. He served as the federal Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2008,going on to serve as Australia's senior diplomat to the European Union and NATO. He currently serves in a global leadership role with Boeing.
John Wayne Olsen,AO is an Australian politician,diplomat and football commissioner. He was Premier of South Australia between 28 November 1996 and 22 October 2001. He is now President of the Federal Liberal Party,Chairman of the Australian American Association,Chairman of the Adelaide Football Club and Deputy Chairman of the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority.
Peter Keaston Reith was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 1983 and from 1984 to 2001,representing the Liberal Party. He was the party's deputy leader from 1990 to 1993,and served as a minister in the Howard government.
Robert Murray Hill is a retired Australian politician. He is an adjunct professor in Sustainability and Co-Director of the Alliance 21 project at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He is also a Commissioner of the Global Ocean Commission and the 15th Chancellor of the University of Adelaide.
Ian Gordon Campbell is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1990 to 2007,representing the Liberal Party. He was a minister in the Howard government from 2003 to 2007.
A Kirribilli agreement,in Australian politics,is an agreement,typically confidential,between a leader and their deputy for the handing over of power on the satisfaction of an agreed precondition.
John Winston Howard is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia,his eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in Australian history,behind only Sir Robert Menzies. Howard has also been the oldest living Australian former prime minister since the death of Bob Hawke in May 2019.
Seymour College is an independent,Uniting Church,day and boarding school for girls,located at Glen Osmond,Adelaide,South Australia.
Christopher Maurice Pyne is a retired Australian politician. As a member of the Liberal Party,he held several ministerial positions in the Howard,Abbott,Turnbull and Morrison governments,and served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Sturt from 1993 until his retirement in 2019.
Sir Philip Albert Martin McBride,was an Australian politician. He was a United Australia Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for Grey from 1931 to 1937 and the Australian Senate from 1937 to 1944,and a Liberal Party of Australia member of the House of Representatives for Wakefield from 1946 to 1958. He served as a minister in both of Robert Menzies' governments,as Minister for the Army and Minister for Repatriation (1940),Minister for Supply and Development and Minister for Munitions (1940–1941),Minister for the Interior (1949–1950),and Minister for Defence (1950–1958).
Alexander John McLachlan was an Australian politician. He served as a Senator for South Australia from 1926 to 1944,representing the Nationalist Party and United Australia Party. He held ministerial office in the Lyons government as Vice-President of the Executive Council (1932–1934),Minister in charge of Development and Scientific and Industrial Research (1932–1937),and Postmaster-General of Australia (1934–1938).
The Hon. Honorary Air Commodore Terence John Higgins is an Australian-born judge of the National and Supreme Courts of Papua New Guinea,and a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.
The Howard government refers to the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Howard between 11 March 1996 and 3 December 2007. It was made up of members of the Liberal–National Coalition,which won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives at four successive elections. The Howard government commenced following victory over the Keating government at the 1996 federal election. It concluded with its defeat at the 2007 federal election by the Australian Labor Party,whose leader Kevin Rudd then formed the first Rudd government. It was the second-longest government under a single prime minister,with the longest having been the second Menzies government (1949–1966).
Eric Roger Goldsworthy AO is a former Australian politician and 3rd Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1979 to 1982. Goldsworthy represented the House of Assembly seat of Kavel for the Liberal and Country League and Liberal Party from 1970 to 1992. Before entering Parliament he was a farmer and teacher. He was also a member of University of Adelaide Council 1970–1973. He became deputy leader of the SA Liberals,and hence Deputy Leader of the Opposition,in 1975 when David Tonkin successfully challenged Bruce Eastick's leadership. As such,he became Deputy Premier when the Liberals won the 1979 state election,also serving as Minister of Mines and Energy,Services and Supply. He remained deputy leader when the Liberals went back into opposition in 1982 under John Olsen,and held the deputy's post until returning to the backbench in 1989.
Malcolm Alexander Kinnaird AC DUniv FIEAust FTSE (1933–2014) was a South Australian engineer,joint founder of international engineering company Kinhill Engineering responsible for many major engineering projects including the Alice Springs to Darwin railway. Within South Australia,he was responsible for developing West Lakes,North Haven and the David Jones building.
