Topic: Stephen Smith
Quotes
The high quality of these counterfeited passports points to involvement of a state intelligence service
Australia expels Israeli diplomat May 24, 2010
It's looking like a classic story of humans altering one link in the food chain and everything going nutty
Crabs decimating Cape Cod marsh grasses Jul 06, 2010
But quite clearly we're working closely with the U.S. on these matters; these are very serious matters for concern
WikiLeaks founder not being investigated Aug 12, 2010
I can't think of a greater betrayal of trust of a colleague in the workplace than the suggestions that have been made
Sex scandal strikes Australian military Apr 06, 2011
All of the security and strategic challenges are to our north -- the growth of the Asia-Pacific region, the growing importance of the Indian Ocean rim. In World War II ... we saw that places like Townsville and Cairns, Darwin and Perth were essentially secondary defense areas. That can no longer be the case, with the growing significance of the Indian Ocean, the growing significance of the Asia Pacific and the growing demands on Australia to be in a position to assist the Asia-Pacific region in the face of ongoing tsunamis and earthquakes and the like. We need to make sure that all our force posture is right, that we've got the geographic disposition of our forces right. We're not just faced with the traditional security considerations. There are modern considerations and energy security is one of those
Australian military shifting focus to threats from north Jun 28, 2011
Stephen Francis Smith (born 12 December 1955), is the Australian Minister for Defence. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Perth, Western Australia.
Smith was born in Narrogin, Western Australia, and was educated at the University of Western Australia and the University of London, where he gained a master's degree in law. He was a solicitor, lecturer and tutor before entering politics. He was principal private secretary to the Western Australian Attorney-General, Joe Berinson 1983–87 and State Secretary of the Western Australian Labor Party 1987–90 From 1990 to 1993 he was an adviser to Paul Keating, first as Treasurer, then as Prime Minister. He was instrumental in securing caucus support for Keating to defeat Bob Hawke for the Labor Party leadership in 1990 and thereby become Prime Minister.
Smith was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from March 1996 until the November 2007 elections, which were won by the Labor party. He was Shadow Minister for Trade 1996–97, for Resources and Energy 1997–98, for Communications 1998–2001, Health and Ageing 2001–03 and Immigration 2003–04. He was Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations from October 2004 until December 2006, when he was appointed to the position of Shadow Minister for Education and Training.
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