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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">John Faulkner</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon" title="Joel Fitzgibbon">Joel Fitzgibbon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Smith_(Australian_politician)" title="Stephen Smith (Australian politician)">Stephen Smith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_Executive_Council" title="Vice-President of the Executive Council">Vice-President of the Executive Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 December 2007 – 13 September 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Minchin" title="Nick Minchin">Nick Minchin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McClelland_(Australian_politician)" title="Robert McClelland (Australian politician)">Robert McClelland</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_National_Executive#National_Presidents" title="Australian Labor Party National Executive">National President of the Labor Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 January 2007 – 27 February 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Mundine" title="Warren Mundine">Warren Mundine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rann" title="Mike Rann">Mike Rann</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Special_Minister_of_State" title="Special Minister of State">Special Minister of State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 December 2007 – 9 June 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Nairn" title="Gary Nairn">Gary Nairn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Ludwig" title="Joe Ludwig">Joe Ludwig</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Environment_Protection,_Heritage_and_the_Arts_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts (Australia)">Minister for the Environment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 March 1994 – 11 March 1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Richardson" title="Graham Richardson">Graham Richardson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hill_(Australian_politician)" title="Robert Hill (Australian politician)">Robert Hill</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_Materiel_and_Science_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Defence Materiel and Science (Australia)">Minister for Defence Science and Personnel</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 March 1993 – 25 March 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Bilney" title="Gordon Bilney">Gordon Bilney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Punch" title="Gary Punch">Gary Punch</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Veterans%27_Affairs_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia)">Minister for Veterans' Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 March 1993 – 25 March 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Humphreys" title="Ben Humphreys">Ben Humphreys</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Con_Sciacca" title="Con Sciacca">Con Sciacca</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 April 1989 – 6 February 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Gietzelt" title="Arthur Gietzelt">Arthur Gietzelt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jenny_McAllister" title="Jenny McAllister">Jenny McAllister</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1954-04-12</span>) </span>12 April 1954<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 70)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Leeton,_New_South_Wales" title="Leeton, New South Wales">Leeton</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Macquarie_University" title="Macquarie University">Macquarie University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Philip Faulkner</b> (born 12 April 1954) is an Australian former <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a> politician who was a <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> from 1989 to 2015. He was a Cabinet Minister in the <a href="/wiki/Keating_government" title="Keating government">Keating</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudd_government_(2007%E2%80%9310)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudd government (2007–10)">Rudd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gillard_government" title="Gillard government">Gillard governments</a>. </p><p>After his election to the Senate in 1989, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a> appointed Faulkner as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Veterans%27_Affairs_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia)">Minister for Veterans' Affairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_Materiel_and_Science_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Defence Materiel and Science (Australia)">Minister for Defence Science and Personnel</a> in 1993. In 1994, Faulkner was moved to the position of <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Environment_Protection,_Heritage_and_the_Arts_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts (Australia)">Minister for the Environment</a>, which he held until Labor's defeat in 1996. He later served as the Leader of the Labor Party in the Senate from 1996 to 2005, and returned to Cabinet upon Labor's election in 2007, after <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a> made him <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_Executive_Council" title="Vice-President of the Executive Council">Vice-President of the Executive Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special_Minister_of_State" title="Special Minister of State">Special Minister of State</a>. He later served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a> from 2009 to 2010, when he retired from frontline politics.<sup id="cite_ref-Faulkner_aph_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faulkner_aph-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_Australian_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Father of the Australian Senate">Father of the Australian Senate</a> in 2014, and retired from Parliament altogether a year later by way of resignation,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is considered by some as an elder statesman.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faulkner has since been a member of the board of the Global Panel Foundation – Australasia – an NGO that works global in crisis areas.<sup id="cite_ref-globalpanel.org_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalpanel.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_early_career">Background and early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Faulkner was born in <a href="/wiki/Leeton,_New_South_Wales" title="Leeton, New South Wales">Leeton, New South Wales</a> on 12 April 1954, attended <a href="/wiki/Pennant_Hills_High_School" title="Pennant Hills High School">Pennant Hills High School</a>, and was educated at <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_University" title="Macquarie University">Macquarie University</a>, Sydney, where he graduated in Arts and Education (BA, DipEd). Before entering politics he worked as a Special Education teacher in government schools from 1977 to 1979. In 1980 he was employed as a Research officer to the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Department_of_the_Arts,_Sport_and_Recreation" title="New South Wales Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation">New South Wales Minister for Sport and Recreation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Booth_(politician)" title="Ken Booth (politician)">Ken Booth</a>. Gaining prominence within the ALP, he was made Assistant General Secretary of the NSW party in 1980, serving for nine years and became a member of the ALP National Executive in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-Faulkner_aph_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faulkner_aph-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A leading member of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Left (Australia)">Socialist Left</a> faction of the ALP, Faulkner was appointed to the Senate in 1989 to succeed the former left-wing minister <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Gietzelt" title="Arthur Gietzelt">Arthur Gietzelt</a>, who had resigned mid-term. In the <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Keating</a> Labor government, Faulkner was <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Veterans%27_Affairs_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia)">Minister for Veterans' Affairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_Science_and_Personnel_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Defence Science and Personnel (Australia)">Minister for Defence Science and Personnel</a> 1993–94, and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Environment,_Heritage_and_the_Arts_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Australia)">Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories</a>, with a seat in the Cabinet, 1994–96.<sup id="cite_ref-Faulkner_aph_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faulkner_aph-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the defeat of the Keating government in 1996, Faulkner became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1996–2004. He was at various times Shadow Minister for Social Security, Public Administration and Home Affairs. He was a key Labor strategist in the <a href="/wiki/1998_Australian_federal_election" title="1998 Australian federal election">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_federal_election" title="2001 Australian federal election">2001</a> and <a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_federal_election" title="2004 Australian federal election">2004 federal elections</a>, and was a particularly close advisor to <a href="/wiki/Mark_Latham" title="Mark Latham">Mark Latham</a> during the 2004 election. In the wake of Labor's defeat in that election, he resigned his positions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faulkner became the first Labor Senate leader who did not become Government Senate leader since <a href="/wiki/Don_Willesee" title="Don Willesee">Don Willesee</a>. In October 2006 John Faulkner was elected as the National President of the Australian Labor Party until February 2008 and chaired the Labor's National Conference in 2007. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Faulkner_CDF_21-11-09.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Faulkner_CDF_21-11-09.JPG/220px-Faulkner_CDF_21-11-09.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Faulkner_CDF_21-11-09.JPG/330px-Faulkner_CDF_21-11-09.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Faulkner_CDF_21-11-09.JPG/440px-Faulkner_CDF_21-11-09.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1371" data-file-height="872" /></a><figcaption>Faulkner with Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal <a href="/wiki/Angus_Houston" title="Angus Houston">Angus Houston</a> and former Chief of the Defence Force <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cosgrove" title="Peter Cosgrove">Peter Cosgrove</a> in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Faulkner_Robert_Gates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/John_Faulkner_Robert_Gates.jpg/220px-John_Faulkner_Robert_Gates.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/John_Faulkner_Robert_Gates.jpg/330px-John_Faulkner_Robert_Gates.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/John_Faulkner_Robert_Gates.jpg/440px-John_Faulkner_Robert_Gates.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4248" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>John Faulkner (left) with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">US Defence Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> (right).</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Rudd Ministry">First Rudd Ministry</a>, Faulkner served as the <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_Executive_Council" title="Vice-President of the Executive Council">Vice-President of the Executive Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Minister_of_State" title="Special Minister of State">Special Minister of State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_(Australian_minister)" title="Cabinet Secretary (Australian minister)">Cabinet Secretary</a>. In his role he introduced new rules for ministerial conduct and fundraising aimed at reducing the influence of lobbyists on government decisions. He also introduced new guidelines reducing the overt political control of government funded advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 June 2009, Faulkner was sworn in the Minister for Defence, replacing <a href="/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon" title="Joel Fitzgibbon">Joel Fitzgibbon</a>, who had stepped down on 4 June.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retained this portfolio in the <a href="/wiki/First_Gillard_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Gillard Ministry">First Gillard government</a> until the <a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">2010 federal election</a> following an earlier announcement that he would step down as Defence Minister and return to the backbench.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014 Faulkner began a process of reforms that sought to stamp out perceived corruption and <a href="/wiki/Political_faction" title="Political faction">factional</a> infighting within the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party</a>. Faulkner proposed to include <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rank_and_file" class="extiw" title="wikt:rank and file">rank–and–file</a> members in decisions such as the selection of candidates for Senate and Legislative Council vacancies and <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(election)" title="Ticket (election)">party tickets</a>, and a vote in the direct election of the New South Wales parliamentary leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Faulkner's reform proposals were mostly rejected at NSW Labor's 2014 conference.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The direct election of party leader gained support with effect from after the <a href="/wiki/2015_New_South_Wales_state_election" title="2015 New South Wales state election">2015 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resignation">Resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Faulkner announced on 30 April 2014 that he would not seek re-election and would be retiring at the end of his term on 30 June 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 December 2014, however, he announced that he would be resigning from the Senate in late January or early February 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> creating a casual vacancy.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faulkner resigned on 6 February 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-resignation_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resignation-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-politics_life">Post-politics life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-politics life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Faulkner has since been a member of the board of the Global Panel Foundation – Australasia – an NGO that works global in crisis areas.<sup id="cite_ref-globalpanel.org_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalpanel.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Faulkner was formerly married to fellow Labor politician <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Nori" title="Sandra Nori">Sandra Nori</a> and they have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_published_works">Major published works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major published works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCostar,_BrianLees,_MegCoonan,_HelenFaulkner,_John2000" class="citation book cs1">Costar, Brian; <a href="/wiki/Meg_Lees" title="Meg Lees">Lees, Meg</a>; <a href="/wiki/Helen_Coonan" title="Helen Coonan">Coonan, Helen</a>; Faulkner, John; <a href="/wiki/Harry_Evans_(Australian_Senate_clerk)" title="Harry Evans (Australian Senate clerk)">Evans, Harry</a> (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/deadlockordemocr0000unse/page/57"><i>Deadlock or Democracy? The Future of the Senate</i></a>. Sydney: UNSW Press. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/deadlockordemocr0000unse/page/57">57 pages</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86840-570-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-86840-570-1"><bdi>0-86840-570-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Deadlock+or+Democracy%3F+The+Future+of+the+Senate&rft.place=Sydney&rft.pages=57+pages&rft.pub=UNSW+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-86840-570-1&rft.au=Costar%2C+Brian&rft.au=Lees%2C+Meg&rft.au=Coonan%2C+Helen&rft.au=Faulkner%2C+John&rft.au=Evans%2C+Harry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdeadlockordemocr0000unse%2Fpage%2F57&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Faulkner" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFaulkner,_JohnMacintyre,_Stuart2001" class="citation book cs1">Faulkner, John; <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Macintyre" title="Stuart Macintyre">Macintyre, Stuart</a> (2001). <i>True believers: the story of the federal parliamentary Labor Party</i>. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 328 pages. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86508-609-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-86508-609-6"><bdi>1-86508-609-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=True+believers%3A+the+story+of+the+federal+parliamentary+Labor+Party&rft.place=Crows+Nest&rft.pages=328+pages&rft.pub=Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=1-86508-609-6&rft.au=Faulkner%2C+John&rft.au=Macintyre%2C+Stuart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Faulkner" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFaulkner,_John2005" class="citation book cs1">Faulkner, John (2005). <i>Parliamentary privilege: precedents, procedure and practice in the Australian Senate 1966–2005</i>. Canberra: Senate Committee of Privileges. 201 pages. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-642-71601-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-642-71601-3"><bdi>0-642-71601-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Parliamentary+privilege%3A+precedents%2C+procedure+and+practice+in+the+Australian+Senate+1966%E2%80%932005&rft.place=Canberra&rft.pages=201+pages&rft.pub=Senate+Committee+of+Privileges&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-642-71601-3&rft.au=Faulkner%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Faulkner" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Keating_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Keating Ministry">Second Keating Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Rudd Ministry">First Rudd Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gillard_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Gillard Ministry">First Gillard Ministry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Faulkner&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Faulkner_aph-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Faulkner_aph_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Faulkner_aph_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Faulkner_aph_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://handbook.aph.gov.au/Parliamentarian/5K4">"Former Senator John Faulkner"</a>. <i>Senators and Members of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Parliament of Australia</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Australia: ABC News.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Gillard+unveils+major+frontbench+shake-up&rft.date=2010-09-01&rft.au=White%2C+Cassie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2010-09-11%2Fgillard-unveils-major-frontbench-shake-up%2F2256992&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Faulkner" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrattan,_Michelle2010" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Grattan" title="Michelle Grattan">Grattan, Michelle</a> (11 July 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/politics/enough-is-enough--its-time-to-name-the-date-as-election-climate-heats-up-20100710-104os.html">"Enough is enough – it's time to name the date as election climate heats up"</a>. <i>Brisbane Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Brisbane+Times&rft.atitle=Enough+is+enough+%E2%80%93+it%27s+time+to+name+the+date+as+election+climate+heats+up&rft.date=2010-07-11&rft.au=Grattan%2C+Michelle&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fopinion%2Fpolitics%2Fenough-is-enough--its-time-to-name-the-date-as-election-climate-heats-up-20100710-104os.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Faulkner" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-globalpanel.org-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-globalpanel.org_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-globalpanel.org_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130815110650/http://globalpanel.org/boards">"Global Panel Foundation | Meeting the World in Person"</a>. 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