Minister for Health and Ageing

I find that summaries of the main key players helps me to more readily identify their motivation, which in turn helps me to appeal to their social conscience and political views.

So just thought I would share some of the summaries that I have put together. The information below can all be found at Tony Aboott's home page.

Background
Tony Abott was appointed Minister for Health and Ageing on the 7 October 2007.

He was elected Member for Warringah at a by-election in March 1994.

Prior to entering Parliament he was Executive Director of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy from 1993-1994.

From 1990-1993 he was press Secretary and political advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, Dr John Hewson.

His previous career was in journalism, where he wrote as a feature writer for 'The Bulletin' and 'The Australian'.

He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Completed Economics/Law at Sydney University

Went to school at St Ignatius Riverview



Political Career
On the election of the Howard Government in 1996 he was appointment Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. In this role he was responsible for the establishment of the successful Greencorps program for young people.

Following the 1998 election he was appointed to the new portfolio of Minister for Employment Services. As minister, he oversaw the development of the Job Network and a major expansion of Work for the Dole.

In January 2001 Tony was promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business. Following the 2001 election he was appointed Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Leader of the House and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service.