Robert Tickner
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs | |
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In office 4 April 1990 – 11 March 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Gerry Hand |
Succeeded by | John Herron |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Hughes | |
In office 18 February 1984 – 2 March 1996 | |
Preceded by | Les Johnson |
Succeeded by | Danna Vale |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales | 24 December 1951
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Occupation | Lecturer, solicitor |
Robert Edward Tickner
Born in
Tickner was one of the early and influential members of Friends of the Earth Australia in Sydney in 1975, being the lease owner of a three-storey terrace on Crown St, Surry Hills which became the FoE Sydney bookshop and office. He was convenor of the FoE urban campaign which opposed the Sydney City Council's inappropriate high rise development.[3]
From 1977 to 1984 he was elected as a Labor Councillor on the
After failing to gain victory as ALP candidate for the 1981 Wentworth by-election (which was won by the Liberals' candidate Peter Coleman, former Leader of the NSW Opposition), Tickner was successful in entering the federal parliament at the 1984 Hughes by-election. Bob Hawke appointed Tickner, in 1990, the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs; and he retained this post throughout Paul Keating's government.[1]
Tickner's tenure in office was marred by the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy. Partly due to this affair, and partly due to the increasing unpopularity of the Keating administration as a whole, Tickner was resoundingly defeated in the 1996 election by Liberal challenger Danna Vale, suffering an 11-point swing against him. He was one of eight ministers in the Keating government to lose their seats.[4]
He is the former chief executive of the Australian Red Cross, having served in that role from 2005 to 2015.[8][9][10] Robert continues to be actively involved in campaigns for change. He is the founding and current chair of the Justice Reform Initiative,[11] Co-Chair of the EveryAGE Counts Steering Committee[12] and ambassador for ICAN Australia.[11]
He has been married and divorced twice. His first wife Christine later married his friend Tom Uren.
Bibliography
- Tickner, Robert E. Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation (2001) Allen & Unwin, N.S.W. ISBN 1865080519 [13]
- Tickner, Robert. Ten Doors Down: The Story of an Extraordinary Adoption Reunion (2020) Scribe Publications, ISBN 9781925849455
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-1-925849-45-5
- ^ Linked In Public Profile, Robert Tickner, Retrieved 6 April 2015
- ^ Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 17 Thirty Years of Creative Resistance. Retrieved 6 April 2015
- ^ a b "Biography for Tickner, the Hon. Robert Edward". ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
- ^ Coultan, Mark (29 August 1983). "Alderman makes it to the top at last - but only for 10 days". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2.
- ^ Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 20 Thirty Years of Creative Resistance. Retrieved 6 April 2015
- ^ City of Sydney, Robert Tickner, Sydney Aldermen website, Retrieved 6 April 2015
- ^ Red Cross. Retrieved 9 September 2016
- ^ Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Sean (20 February 2009). "Red Cross abandons annual appeal". ABC Online. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-7322-9485-4
- ^ a b "Robert Tickner". Robert Tickner. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Campaigns". Robert Tickner. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ISBN 9781865080512. Retrieved 12 March 2015.