Chris Schacht
Chris Schacht | |
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Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction | |
In office 24 March 1993 – 11 March 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
Preceded by | David Beddall |
Succeeded by | Geoff Prosser |
Minister for Science and Small Business | |
In office 24 March 1993 – 25 March 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Ross Free |
Succeeded by | Peter Cook |
Senator for South Australia | |
In office 11 July 1987 – 30 June 2002 | |
Preceded by | Ron Elstob |
Succeeded by | Penny Wong |
Personal details | |
Born | Christopher Cleland Schacht 6 December 1946 Victoria |
Political party | Labor |
Christopher Cleland Schacht (born 6 December 1946) is a former Australian
Career
Schacht's political career started as a state party official in 1969 during the
Post-parliamentary career
In 2006, Senator Robert Ray said of Schacht's "long-winded critiques" of factionalism within the Labor party that "no-one practised factionalism harder than he did. But once he lost influence in his own faction, he condemned all factions."[4] Schacht has openly criticised the influence that he believes trade unions have within the Labor party.[5]
Schacht has supported uranium mining and the prospect of nuclear waste storage in South Australia. He told ABC's Stateline in 2006 that storing the world's nuclear waste "may be the safest thing we can do for the world. Secondly, the world will pay a large amount of money in the future for some place like Australia or outback South Australia to store nuclear waste safely in a safe, in a geologically sound area, with a stable political system."[6]
In 2008 Schacht was appointed as a Director of
As of 2015, Schacht is a registered political
Schacht is the President of the
References
- ^ "Biography for Schacht, the Hon. Christopher (Chris) Cleland". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
- ^ "Schacht to bow out". Lateline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 June 2002. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
- ^ Lundie, Rob (2017). "SCHACHT, Christopher Cleland (1946– )". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Are Factions Killing the Labor Party? [Australian Fabians Inc]". www.fabian.org.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Labor open to rule changes as it reels from bad result in Western Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Stateline South Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Our people". Marathon Resources. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOBBYIST REGISTRATION" (PDF). Department of Premier & Cabinet. Government of South Australia. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOBBYIST REGISTRATION" (PDF). Department of Premier & Cabinet. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "The Hon. Chris Schacht - The Australia China Development Company". The Australia China Development Company. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Our Ambassadors - Chris Schacht". National Secular Lobby. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Newsletter" (PDF). Volleyball Australia. October 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.