Julian Grill
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The Honourable Julian Grill |
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| Minister for Transport, Regional Development, and the North-West with special responsibility for Bunbury 2000 | |
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In office 25 February 1983 – 26 February 1986 |
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| Minister for Agriculture, The South-West, Fisheries, Transport | |
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In office 26 February 1986 – 12 May 1986 |
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| Minister for the North-West | |
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In office 26 February 1986 – 25 July 1986 |
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| Minister assisting the Minister for Economic Development and Trade | |
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In office 7 June 1988 – 28 February 1989 |
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| Minister for Economic Development and Trade, and Tourism | |
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In office 28 February 1989 – 12 February 1990 |
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| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Eyre |
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In office 4 February 1989 – 10 February 2001 |
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| Preceded by | New creation |
| Succeeded by | John Bowler |
| Personal details | |
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Julian Fletcher Grill 15 May 1940 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (?–2007) |
| Profession | Lobbyist, barrister, solicitor & politician |
Julian Fletcher Grill (born 15 May 1940) is an Australian former politician. Grill was a member of the Parliament of Western Australia between 1977 and 2001.
Grill was born in Sydney, New South Wales and was brought up in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Collie, Western Australia, and Subiaco, Western Australia. He attended Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws.
Grill was admitted to the Western Australian Bar of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1966. A partner of Henshaw, Wheeldon and Grill; Evans and Grill; and Grill Browne and Co, he specialised in mining and resources law.
Grill was elected as the Member for Yilgarn-Dundas in Western Australia's Lower House in 1977. Due to redistributions the seat changed a number of times, initially becoming Esperance-Dundas and eventually Eyre. He was re-elected in subsequent elections, and was promoted to the front bench in 1981. Grill became Minister for Transport in the First Burke Ministry in 1983. He later served in the Agriculture, Fisheries, the North West, Regional Development, Economic Development, Trade and Tourism portfolios. He retired from politics in 2001 and did not contest the 2001 election.
As a politician, Grill commenced planning for metropolitan rail expansion and electrification, re-establishing the Perth to Fremantle rail service, lead the legislative process to abolish capital punishment, lead streamlining the rail freight services to cut out overmanning, initiated rail rejuvenation in the Perth metropolitan area, began the process of selling WA education in Asia, with colleagues conceived and instituted the Bunbury 2000 programme, executed the state’s largest regional renewal project, wrote the energy policy adopted by the Gallop government, superintended the state’s first substantial marine national parks and reserves, lead conception and delivery of the Hillarys Boat Harbour development, was a member of the team that established the Dawesville Channel, lead trade delegations to India, China and Hong Kong, secured substantial funding for community projects in Collie, discontinued the Fitzgerald National Park land release programme, facilitated the government’s commitment to the Collie Power Station, facilitated the commitment of Griffin Coal to the Bluewaters Power Station, and helped convince Worsley (BHP) to embrace coal in its recent major expansions.
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