Anthony Byrne (politician)
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The Honourable Anthony Byrne MP |
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Byrne in 2015
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Holt |
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Assumed office 6 November 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Gareth Evans |
| Deputy Chair Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security |
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Assumed office 12 December 2013 |
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| Chair Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security |
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In office 18 November 2010 – 5 March 2013 |
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| Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | |
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In office 25 February 2009 – 14 September 2010 |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
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1 December 1962 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession |
Chief executive officer (Anxiety Disorders Foundation of Australia) Adviser (Jacinta Collins) |
| Website | anthonybyrnemp |
Anthony Michael Byrne (born 1 December 1962) is an Australian politician and an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 1999, representing the Division of Holt, Victoria.
Byrne was born in Adelaide and spent his early childhood in the goldfields of Kalgoorlie, where he was educated at local schools and through the School of the Air.
Previously a resident of the suburb of Endeavour Hills in his electorate of Holt, Byrne now lives in the neighbouring electorate of La Trobe.
Byrne is the Federal Member for the Holt electorate in the House of Representatives in the Australian Parliament; he was elected in a by-election in 1999, and re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. Byrne made his maiden speech to the Australian House of Representatives as the new member for Holt on 16 February 2000.
Byrne was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from November 2007 until 14 September 2010. Byrne was one of just half of the 40-strong cabinet, outer minister and parliamentary secretaries who chose to swear the oath of office on the Bible rather than the affirmation of office. He was Parliamentary Secretary for Trade from February 2009 until 14 September 2010.
Following the 2010 election, Byrne was appointed chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, and was made deputy chair after the 2013 election.
According to an article by Simon Benson in the Daily Telegraph following Rudd's successful challenge against Julia Gillard, Byrne was being considered for a portfolio in the Second Rudd Ministry.
In the wake of Labor's loss in the 2013 election, Byrne penned an opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph in which he argued that the election result rested squarely on the shoulders of the ALP, and that the road to re-election would need to begin with the Labor Party getting back to its core constituency, focusing on creating opportunities, and pitching the ALP's message to aspirational voters.
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