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Career within Commonwealth

Wayne Maxwell Swan was born in Nambour, Queensland and educated at Nambour High School and the University of Queensland. Before entering federal politics he was a lecturer in public administration at the Queensland Institute of Technology (1976-1977, 1981-1982 and 1985-1988) and, for a short time, was a policy analyst in the Office of Youth Affairs (1978). He has also been an adviser to several Australian political figures and State Secretary of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland since 1991.

First elected to the House of Representatives in 1993, as the member for Lilley (Qld), Swan was defeated at the general elections in 1996. During this first period in Parliament, he served on two Standing Committees relating to Electoral Matters and Transport, Communications and Infrastructure (1993-1996).

Swan was re-elected to the seat of Lilley in 1998 and appointed to the Shadow Ministry responsible for the Shadow portfolio of Family and Community Services (1998-2000 and 2001-2004). He was Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives (2001-2003) and, following the October 2004 election, became Shadow Treasurer.

Following the 2007 Federal Election, Wayne Swan was appointed Treasurer from 3 December 2007.

Links to other Commonwealth Persons

Wayne Swan has been adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, W G (Bill) Hayden (1978-1980), the Special Minister of State, M J (Mick) Young and Kim Beazley (1983), Minister for Foreign Affairs, W G (Bill) Hayden (1984) and the Leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley (1996-1998).

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Sources

Who's Who in Australia 2004, p 1946

Canberra Times, 28 Oct 2004

Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives Website - http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=2V5, accessed March 2003 and 24 January 2008

Australian Labor Party Website - http://www.alp.org.au/people/qld/qld_lilley.html, accessed March 2003