Gary Johns
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Gary Johns is a former Australian Labor Party (ALP) politician. He served as Special Minister of State and Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations in the government of Paul Keating up until 1996. In 1997, he became a senior fellow at the neo-liberal/conservative think tank the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA). Within the IPA, he is head of the Non-Government Organisations unit. He is also president of the Bennelong Society, a conservative organisation that advocates the removal of welfare provision for Indigenous Australians.
In addition, Johns works with a consultancy firm, ACIL Tasman. In 2003, he was appointed as an Associate Commissioner of the Commonwealth Productivity Commission, an Australian government policy research and advisory body.
Since leaving government, his association with conservative bodies and their policies has lead many in the ALP to disown him.
