Peter Duncan (born 1 January 1945) is an Australian politician and businessman who has represented the Australian Labor Party in both state and federal politics. He served as a member of the South Australian parliament from 1973 to 1984,and as a member of the federal parliament from 1984 to 1996. He is one of relatively few members of parliament to have served not only in both a state and national parliament,but also as a minister in both cases.
Duncan had a business career after politics,which became a source of controversy when he was charged in September 2007 with 'making an untrue statement in application for a Commonwealth grant and with dishonestly causing loss to a Commonwealth entity'.[3] It was reported that this had occurred in the wake of the failure of his plastic recycling business Omnipol.[4] He was subsequently ordered to stand trial on three counts in the South Australian District Court.[5] Duncan went on trial on 3 November 2008,pleading not guilty.[6] On 11 November,he was acquitted on all charges.[7]
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