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Delegate biographies Hon John Ajaka MLC President, New South Wales First elected to Parliament: 2007 Political party: Liberal Party Portfolio: President of the Legislative Council Parliamentary career: • Member and chair on a number of parliamentary committees, held positions as Parliamentary Secretary, Minister, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council and elected as the President of the Legislative Council of the New South Wales Parliament in February 2017 Education: Solicitors Admission Board Interests/recreational activities: Boxing, Rugby league Hon Bruce Atkinson President of the Legislative Council, Parliament of Victoria First elected to Parliament: 1992 Political party: Liberal Party Portfolio: President of the Legislative Council Member for Eastern Metropolitan Region Parliamentary career: • 1992-2006 Member for Koonung Province • November 2006 Elected MLC for Eastern Metropolitan Region • November 2010 and Nov 2014 Re-elected • 2006-2010 Deputy President of the Legislative Council • 2010-Present President of the Legislative Council Education: Mitcham High School Journalism Cadetship Leader Newspapers Interests/recreational activities: Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne Victory, Deakin Literature Society, Victorian Writers Club 23 David Blunt Clerk of the Parliaments, New South Wales Parliamentary career: 2011 – Appointed the NSW Clerk of the Parliaments 1990 to date – Has held a number of senior Parliamentary Officer positions Education: BA (Hons) University of Sydney, 1983-86 (Honours in Government and Public Administration), MPhil University of Sydney, 1991-93 (School of Government and Public Administration, LLB (Hons) University of Sydney, 1995-1999. Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW (2002) Interests/recreational activities: Running, swimming, hiking and travelling Hon Colin Brooks Speaker, Victorian Legislative Assembly First elected to Parliament: 2006 Political party: Australian Labor Party (ALP) Education: Masters in Communications Hon Cyril Buraman Speaker, Nauru First elected to Parliament: 2005 Portfolio: Speaker of Parliament Parliamentary career: • 2005-2008 MP • 2013-2016 MP • 2016-Speaker of Parliament Interests/recreational activities: Fishing, Sports Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference 2018 24 Joy Burch MLA Speaker, Australian Capital Territory First elected to Parliament: 2008 Political party: ALP Portfolio: Speaker Parliamentary career: • Speaker from October 2016 • Previously Deputy Speaker, Government Whip, Manager of Government Business, and Assistant Speaker • 11 Ministerial appointments between 2009 and 2016 (Including Police and Emergency Service, Education and Training, Disability, Children and Young People) • Member of several standing committees (including as Chair) and the Estimates and Campaign Advertising select committees. Ann-Marie Cain Clerk, Nauru Portfolio: Clerk of Parliament Parliamentary career: • 2010-2012 Exec Secretary for MPs • 2012-Clerk of Parliament Education: School Leavers - Kayser College Interests/recreational activities: Reading, listening to music 25 Adam Crouch Temporary Speaker, New South Wales Legislative Assembly First elected to Parliament: March 2015 Political party: Member of the Liberal Party Parliamentary career: • Member for Terrigal, a beachside electorate on the NSW Central Coast just north of Sydney • Temporary Speaker • Chair, Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission Interests/recreational activities: Theatre, swimming, walking, and enjoys being involved with constituents in the electorate Richard Crump Clerk - House of Assembly, South Australia Parliamentary career: • 1998 Secretary - Economic and Finance Committee • 2001 Parliamentary Officer - Procedure office Votes • 2007 Deputy Clerk - House of Assembly • 2014 Clerk - House of Assembly, Parliament of South Australia Interests/recreational activities: Physical fitness, weight training Hon Kate Doust President Legislative Council, Western Australia First elected to Parliament: 2001 Political party: Australian Labor Party (ALP) Parliamentary career: • Elected to 36th Parliament for South Metropolitan Region 2001, re-elected 2005, 2008, 2013, 2017 • Deputy Chair of Committees: 2001-2005 • President Legislative Council, 2017-present Education: BA Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference 2018 26 Tom Duncan Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly, Australian Capital Territory Parliamentary career: • 2001 - ACT Legislative Assembly • 2000 - 2000 NSW Parliament • 1990 - 2000 ACT Legislative Assembly • 1985 - 1990 House of Representatives Education: Bachelor of Economics Bachelor of Letters (Political Science) Interests/recreational activities: Skiing, yoga, Collingwood Football Club, reading David Elder Clerk of the House of Representatives, Australia Parliamentary career: • Parliamentary Officer in the House of Representatives since 1981 • Clerk of the House of Representatives since 1 January 2014 Education: MA (ANU) EMPA (ANU) Interests/recreational activities: Golf, reading, Rotary Lord Fakafanua Fatafehi Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Portfolio: Lord Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Parliamentary career: • Elected as a Noble’s Representative for Ha’apai (one of the main islands of Tonga) in the 2008 General Elections and again in 2010 and 2017 • In 2012, he became the youngest incumbent to be elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (and re-elected in 2017 for the 2018-2021 term) 27 Rafael Gonzalez-Montero Deputy Clerk of the House, New Zealand Parliamentary career: Rafael Gonzalez-Montero is the Deputy Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives, and Senior Manager in charge of Select Committees and Parliamentary Engagement. He has worked in Parliament for 12 years, where he has had several roles, including Clerk-Assistant (Organisational Performance and Public Information), Manager (Organisational Performance) and Manager (Inter-Parliamentary Relations). He was formerly the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Regional Secretary for the Pacific Region. He came into Parliament from the private sector, after a short diplomatic career. Gloria Guttenbeil Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Parliamentary career: • Clerk of the House effective on January 2013 • Crown Prosecutor, Legislative Drafter and Secretary to the Government Law Committee (7 years) • Secretary/CEO of the Royal Land Commission (3 ½ years) • Member of the Tonga Law Society and Women in Law Association Education: LLB/BCom (Economics) Suze Jones Clerk Assistant (House), New Zealand Parliamentary career: • Suze Jones is Clerk Assistant (House) in the Office of the Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives. She is a Clerk-at-the-Table and senior manager whose responsibilities include Hansard, the Table and Bills Office, Parliamentary Law and Practice Education: BA (Hons) 1st class, University of Otago, 1993 Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference 2018 28 Basil Kambuliagen Acting First Clerk Assistant, Papua New Guinea Parliamentary career: • 27 years in the Parliamentary Service which was spent in the Bills and Paper Offices coming up through rank and file to Acting Deputy Clerk in 2016 Education: College Interests/recreational activities: Cooking, fishing, meeting people and exchanging ideas Nafoitoa Talaimanu Keti Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa First elected to Parliament: 2016 Political party: Human Right Protection Party (HRPP) Portfolio: Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Hon Jeffrey Komal Deputy Speaker of National Parliament, Papua New Guinea First elected to Parliament: 2012 Political party: People’s National Congress (PNC) Portfolio: Deputy Speaker of National Parliament Parliamentary career: • Appointed Chairman of Law and Order Committee. Member of Emergency, Private Business, Public Accounts, Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings, HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Lands & Environment Parliamentary Committees from 2012 until National General Elections for 2017 • Re-elected to the 10th National Parliament for the Nipa- Kutubu Open seat in the 2017 General Elections • Appointed as Deputy Speaker of the 10th National Parliament • Deputy Chairman to Private Business and Standing Orders Parliamentary Committees. Education: • Completed Primary Education at Puri Community School • Completed Secondary Education at Nipa High School 29 David Kusilifu Deputy Clerk to Parliament, Solomon Islands Parliamentary career: • 2016 - Deputy Clerk to Parliament • 2012 - Director Procedures • 2010 - Director Committees • 2006 - Parliamentary Committees Officer Education: Bachelor of Business Studies Dip Legislative Drafting MA Public Management Interests/recreational activities: Walking, Touch rugby Neil Laurie Clerk of the Parliament, Queensland Parliamentary career: • Office of the Special Prosecutor 1989-1993 • Admitted to the Queensland Supreme Court as a Barrister in 1992 • Research Director to various parliamentary committees 1993-1996 • Deputy Clerk 1996-2003 • Clerk of the Parliament 2003 Education: LLB LLM (Hons) MBA Interests/recreational activities: Constitutional history, reading, movies, snow skiing, wine tasting Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference 2018 30 Rt Hon Trevor Mallard Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Parliamentary career: • Trevor first became an MP in 1984. • He was Junior then Senior Whip in the Lange Labour government and developed an interest in legislative processes at that time. • When Labour came to government in 1999 he was given the roles of Minister of Education, Minister
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