Greg Hunt
The Honourable Greg Hunt MP |
|
---|---|
Minister for the Environment | |
Assumed office 18 September 2013 |
|
Prime Minister | Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
Preceded by | Mark Butler |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Flinders |
|
Assumed office 10 November 2001 |
|
Preceded by | Peter Reith |
Personal details | |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
18 November 1965
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA, LLB) Yale University (MA) |
Gregory Andrew "Greg" Hunt (born 18 November 1965) is an Australian politician and has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Flinders, Victoria. He has been the Minister for the Environment in the Abbott Government from September 2013 and then in the Turnbull Government from September 2015.[1]
Contents
Background and early career
Hunt was born in Melbourne and was educated at the Peninsula School. He graduated from Melbourne Law School as a Bachelor of Laws (with First Class Honours), where he won a prize for a final year thesis he co-authored entitled A Tax to Make the Polluter Pay.[2][3][4][5][6] He subsequently studied at Yale University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar and obtained a Master of Arts in International Relations. He was Associate to the Chief Justice of the Australian Federal Court in 1992.
Hunt was senior adviser to Alexander Downer, both as Leader of the Opposition (1994–95) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1995–98). He worked for McKinsey & Company (1999–2001) and was Director of Strategy at the World Economic Forum in Geneva (2000–01).[citation needed]
Political career
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Hunt was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage in October 2004. In January 2007 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Following the 2007 election, Hunt was appointed Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water.[7] After the 2010 election, he was re-appointed to the Shadow Ministry as Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage.[8]
After the 2013 election, Hunt was appointed Minister for the Environment under Prime Minister Tony Abbott on 18 September 2013.[9] One of his first actions as minister was to inform Tim Flannery, the head of the Gillard government's Climate Commission, that the government was closing this body, as per its election platform.[10]
In December 2013 Hunt announced a project to dredge Abbot Point, which was approved by the Marine Park Authority in January 2014.[11]
Personal life
Hunt is married and has a daughter and a son. His father, Alan Hunt, was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1961 and 1992.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Parliament of Australia | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Member for Flinders 2001–present |
Incumbent |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Minister for the Environment 2013–present |
Incumbent |
- Use dmy dates from December 2013
- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014
- 1965 births
- Abbott Government
- Australian people of Cornish descent
- Fulbright Scholars
- Government ministers of Australia
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
- Living people
- McKinsey & Company people
- Melbourne Law School alumni
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Flinders
- Members of the Cabinet of Australia
- Politicians from Melbourne
- Yale University alumni
- Turnbull Government