With John Ducker thrown off the Arisocrat Board the number former politicians on company boards is thinning out. We’ve resurrected Crikey’s list of former pollies on company boards, but it needs plenty of updating.
|
Politician |
Political position held |
Company boards |
| Richard Alston | Federal Liberal Communications Minister | Hansen Technologies and MCG Communications |
| Doug Anthony | National Party Federal leader | Formerly on board of Normandy Mining |
| Neil Batt | Labor Tasmanian Deputy Premier | Chairman Armstrong Jones (formerly Heine) |
| Charles Blunt | National Party Federal Leader | Formerly Maxis Corporation director |
| Keith de Lacey | Queensland Labor Treasurer | Reef Casino Trust |
| John Ducker | Labor NSW MLC | Former Aristocrat chairman, still director of Hills Motorway Group |
| Mary Easson | Labor MP | Formerly with NRMA |
| Tim Fischer | National Party Deputy PM | Formerly Maxis Corporation |
| Malcolm Fraser | Liberal Prime Minister | Formerly Redflex |
| Wayne Goss | Queensland Labor Premier | Peplin Biotech, Webcentral |
| Robyn Gray | Tasmanian Premier | Director of tree-lopper Gunns Ltd |
| Nick Greiner | NSW Lib Premier | MCG, QBE, Stockland and formerly BMC Media, Coles Myer and Iama, Brian McGuigan Wines, BAT Industries |
| David Hamill | Queensland Labor Treasurer | Prime Infrastructure |
| Don Hayward | Liberal Education Minister | Abigroup |
| Bob Hawke | Labor Prime Minister | Formerly with Gutnick companies Quantum Resources and Autogen |
| Dr John Hewson | Federal Liberal Leader | Former CBD Online deputy chairman and Ticor Ltd director |
| Tony Hyams | Liberal Member for Dromana | Australian Infrastructure Group |
| Jeff Kennett | Liberal Victorian Premier | Formerly with dotbombs Sofcom and National Telecoms Group |
| Peter Nixon | National Party Fed Minister | Formerly Southern Cross Broadcasting and Budget |
| David Parker | Deputy Premier of WA | COO of Sun Hung Kai, Hong Kong financial services company |
| Andrew Peacock | Federal Liberal Leader | Short stint as chairman of Child Care Centres of Australia |
| Susan Ryan | Federal Labor Education Minister | Formerly NRMA |
| Kerry Sibraa | Federal Labor Senate President | Zimplats |
| Alan Stockdale | Victorian Liberal Treasurer | Axon Instruments, Symex Holdings and Macquarie Bank executive |
| Barry Unsworth | NSW Labor Premier | NSW TAB, Tempo Services |
| Robert Webster | NSW Liberal Planning Minister | MMI, Mirvan Property Trust, Rothmans |
| Neville Wran | NSW Labor Premier | Cabcharge, Powerlan, Abigroup, Webcentral |
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