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Alexander DownerParliamentary ServiceElected to the House of Representatives for Mayo, South Australia, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004. Leader of the Opposition from 23.5.94 to 30.1.95. Ministerial AppointmentsMinister for Foreign Affairs from 11.3.96. PersonalBorn 9.9.1951, Adelaide, SA. Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal ParliamentBA (Hons) (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Australian Diplomatic Service 1976-82. Political Adviser to Rt Hon. JM Fraser, Prime Minister 1982-83. Director, Australian Chamber of Commerce (Canberra Secretariat) 1983-84. Welcoming Alexander to a new lowMonday, 4 August 2008 - It is not much of a move downwards in public regard from politician to journalist but we should record that any decline in Alexander Downer's standing is the result of his new career as a newspaper columnist. He's there in The Advertiser this morning warning that the failure of the Doha trade talks tells us the major developing countries won't be bullied by Europe or the U.S. to adopt targets to reduce CO2 emissions and to introduce a raft of new anti-competitive climate change taxes. So if the West wants a deal on climate change, writes the retired Foreign Minister, it had better start thinking about a different model from the new Kyoto model it's pushing at the moment
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Title : Minister for Foreign Affairs. Party : Liberal Party of Australia
Parliament House ContactPO Box 6022House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6277 7500 Email : A.Downer.MP@aph.gov.au
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