Fred Chaney
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The Honorable Frederick (Fred) Chaney (born in Perth, Western Australia in 1941) AO is a former Western Australian politician who currently holds the position of Deputy President of the Australian Native Titles Tribunal and is co-chairman of Reconciliation Australia.
Educated at the University of Western Australia, Chaney practised law and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia in 1963, and in Papua New Guinea in 1964.
He entered Federal Parliament in 1974 as a Senator for Western Australia for the Liberal Party, and was Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1983 until 1990 when he became the Member for Pearce in the House of Representatives, a position he held until 1993. His ministerial appointments in the Fraser government included Aboriginal Affairs, Social Security, and Minister assisting the Minister for National Development and Energy.
He was appointed as Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 1997 "for service to the Parliament of Australia and to the Aboriginal community through his contribution to the establishment of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia and mediating with the National Native Title Tribunal".
Chaney's father was Sir Fred Chaney, a minister in the Menzies government. His brother is Michael Chaney, former chief executive of Wesfarmers and chairman of the National Australia Bank.[1]
Chaney is an active old boy of Aquinas College, Perth.
