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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Willis 1973</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" title="Treasurer of Australia">Treasurer of Australia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 December 1993 – 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/John_Dawkins" title="John Dawkins">John Dawkins</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/Peter_Costello" title="Peter Costello">Peter Costello</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 December 1991 – 27 December 1991</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/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</a><br /><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/John_Kerin" title="John Kerin">John Kerin</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/John_Dawkins" title="John Dawkins">John Dawkins</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_Finance_(Australia)" title="Minister for Finance (Australia)">Minister for Finance</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 December 1991 – 23 December 1993</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/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</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/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 April 1990 – 9 December 1991</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/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</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/Peter_Walsh_(Australian_politician)" title="Peter Walsh (Australian politician)">Peter Walsh</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/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</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 />27 May 1992 – 24 March 1993</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/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/Frank_Walker_(Australian_politician)" title="Frank Walker (Australian politician)">Frank Walker</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_Infrastructure,_Transport_and_Regional_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development">Minister for Transport and Communications</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 September 1988 – 4 April 1990</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/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</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/Gareth_Evans_(politician)" title="Gareth Evans (politician)">Gareth Evans</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/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</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_Industrial_Relations_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Industrial Relations (Australia)">Minister for Industrial Relations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 March 1983 – 2 September 1988</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/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</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/Ian_Macphee" title="Ian Macphee">Ian Macphee</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/Peter_Morris_(politician)" title="Peter Morris (politician)">Peter Morris</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_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Parliament">Member of the Australian Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Gellibrand" title="Division of Gellibrand">Gellibrand</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 December 1972 – 31 August 1998</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/Hector_McIvor" title="Hector McIvor">Hector McIvor</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/Nicola_Roxon" title="Nicola Roxon">Nicola Roxon</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">1938-04-14</span>) </span>14 April 1938<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 86)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</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">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Carol Dawson</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/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Unionist</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ralph Willis</b> <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">AO</a> (born 14 April 1938) is an Australian former politician who served as a Cabinet Minister during the entirety of the <a href="/wiki/Hawke-Keating_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawke-Keating government">Hawke-Keating government</a> from 1983 to 1996, most notably as <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" title="Treasurer of Australia">Treasurer of Australia</a> from 1993 to 1996 and briefly in 1991. He also served as <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Employment_and_Industrial_Relations_(1982%E2%80%9387)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1982–87)">Minister for Industrial Relations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transport_and_Communications" title="Department of Transport and Communications">Minister for Transport and Communications</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Finance_(Australia)" title="Minister for Finance (Australia)">Minister for Finance</a>. He represented the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victorian</a> seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Gellibrand" title="Division of Gellibrand">Gellibrand</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/1972_Australian_federal_election" title="1972 Australian federal election">1972</a> to <a href="/wiki/1998_Australian_federal_election" title="1998 Australian federal election">1998</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Willis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Willis was born in Melbourne to Stan and Doris Willis and educated at Footscray Central School, <a href="/wiki/University_High_School,_Melbourne" title="University High School, Melbourne">University High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne University">Melbourne University</a>, gaining a Bachelor of Commerce. He subsequently worked as a research officer and industrial advocate for the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Council_of_Trade_Unions" title="Australian Council of Trade Unions">Australian Council of Trade Unions</a> (ACTU) during the time that <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</a> was ACTU President. He and his wife Carol Willis (née Dawson) have three children, Sandra, Fiona and Evan. They have three grandchildren, Hazel, Xavier and Edie. </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=Ralph_Willis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, the year that the <a href="/wiki/Gough_Whitlam" title="Gough Whitlam">Whitlam government</a> was elected, Willis was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> for the safe Labor seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Gellibrand" title="Division of Gellibrand">Gellibrand</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>'s western suburbs. After Labor's defeat at the <a href="/wiki/1975_Australian_federal_election" title="1975 Australian federal election">1975 election</a>, Willis was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet, serving initially as Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, and from 1980 as Shadow Treasurer. In January 1983, however, he was replaced as Shadow Treasurer by Opposition Leader <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hayden" title="Bill Hayden">Bill Hayden</a>, who gave the position to <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a> in an unsuccessful attempt to shore up his own position as party leader.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hawke_government">Hawke government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Willis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hawke government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a former ACTU official, Willis was regarded as a protégé of Bob Hawke, and some expected Hawke to make him Treasurer upon <a href="/wiki/1983_Australian_federal_election" title="1983 Australian federal election">his election</a> as Prime Minister in March 1983. However Hawke decided to appoint Paul Keating to the role instead, making Willis the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Employment_and_Workplace_Relations_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)">Minister for Employment Relations</a> and giving him a major role in establishing and overseeing the <a href="/wiki/Prices_and_Incomes_Accord" title="Prices and Incomes Accord">Prices and Incomes Accord</a>, one of the central policy reforms of the <a href="/wiki/Hawke_government" title="Hawke government">Hawke government</a>. Willis retained this role following the <a href="/wiki/1984_Australian_federal_election" title="1984 Australian federal election">1984</a> and <a href="/wiki/1987_Australian_federal_election" title="1987 Australian federal election">1987 elections</a>, before being appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Infrastructure,_Transport,_Regional_Development_and_Local_Government_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)">Minister for Transport and Communications</a> in 1988. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/1990_Australian_federal_election" title="1990 Australian federal election">1990 election</a>, Willis became <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Finance_and_Administration_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Finance and Administration (Australia)">Minister for Finance</a>. Following Keating's resignation as Treasurer in June 1991 in an <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill,_June_1991" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 1991">unsuccessful attempt</a> to challenge Hawke for the leadership, there was media speculation that Willis would be given the role, but he was passed over a second time when Hawke ultimately decided to appoint <a href="/wiki/John_Kerin" title="John Kerin">John Kerin</a>. However, Kerin's period as Treasurer was troubled, and after Hawke was forced to sack Kerin for making a public gaffe in December 1991, Willis was finally appointed to the role of Treasurer in his place. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keating_government">Keating government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Willis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Keating government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Willis's initial time as Treasurer was brief as Paul Keating launched a second and this time <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill,_December_1991" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party leadership spill, December 1991">successful challenge</a> to Hawke, just three weeks later. Keating had long promised to appoint his close political ally <a href="/wiki/John_Dawkins" title="John Dawkins">John Dawkins</a> as Treasurer, and so Keating moved Willis back to the role of Finance Minister in order to accommodate this. Willis retained the role after Labor unexpectedly won a fifth consecutive election in <a href="/wiki/1993_Australian_federal_election" title="1993 Australian federal election">1993</a>, and was expected to remain in the role until the sudden resignation of Dawkins in December 1993, who had grown frustrated with the role. Willis was duly appointed as Treasurer for a second time by Keating, and was responsible for helping to roll-out the Government's major 'One Nation' economic package on which it had won the 1993 election, including a round of middle-income tax cuts and the establishment of a national infrastructure commission. </p><p>In late 1995, Willis was briefly Acting Prime Minister when Prime Minister Paul Keating, Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley, Government Senate leader Gareth Evans (in his capacity as Foreign Minister) and Deputy Government Senate leader Robert Ray (in his capacity as Defence Minister) were all in Indonesia for the signing of a security agreement between Australia and Indonesia.<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> </p><p>Willis remained as Treasurer until the <a href="/wiki/1996_Australian_federal_election" title="1996 Australian federal election">1996 election</a>, which Labor heavily lost; in the weeks before the election, Willis chose to unilaterally release a letter purportedly written by <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Victorian Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kennett" title="Jeff Kennett">Jeff Kennett</a>. Known as the <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Willis_letter" title="Ralph Willis letter">Ralph Willis letter</a>, it suggested that a <a href="/wiki/Liberal-National_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal-National Coalition">Coalition government</a> led by <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> would cut grants to the states. However, media examination quickly revealed the letter to be a forgery, allegedly foisted on Willis by Melbourne University Liberal Club students.<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> This successful ruse had a significantly adverse impact upon the last week of Labor's campaign. </p><p>After the 1996 election, Willis chose to move to the backbench and announced his retirement from Parliament prior to the <a href="/wiki/1998_Australian_federal_election" title="1998 Australian federal election">1998 election</a>. Willis was one of only three people to be a member of the Cabinet continuously during the <a href="/wiki/Hawke-Keating_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawke-Keating government">Hawke-Keating government</a> between 1983 and 1996, the other two being <a href="/wiki/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Evans_(politician)" title="Gareth Evans (politician)">Gareth Evans</a>. At the time of his retirement from Parliament, Willis was the last Labor MP from the time of the <a href="/wiki/Whitlam_government" title="Whitlam government">Whitlam government</a> still serving. Following his retirement from politics, Willis has served on several boards of companies and charities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Willis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Willis was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Centenary_Medal" title="Centenary Medal">Centenary Medal</a> in 2001 for long service to the Commonwealth Parliament.<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> On 13 June 2011, he was named an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Australia" title="Order of Australia">Officer of the Order of Australia</a> for distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly in the areas of economic development and industrial relations, to the superannuation industry, and to the community.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 June 2009, Willis was conferred with the degree of doctor of the university <i>Honoris Causa</i> from Victoria University for services to Australia and in particular the Western Suburbs of Melbourne.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Willis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sources"><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 class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/guide/gell.htm">"2004 Federal Election"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Morris_(politician)" title="Peter Morris (politician)">Peter Morris</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Evans_(politician)" title="Gareth Evans (politician)">Gareth Evans</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Infrastructure,_Transport,_Regional_Development_and_Local_Government_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)">Minister for Transport and Communications</a> </b><br />1988–1990 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" 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