Bruce Billson
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Bruce Frederick Billson (born 26 January 1966), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the division of Dunkley, Victoria. He was born in Albury, New South Wales, and was educated at Monterey High School, Frankston, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He was Manager, Corporate Development, for the Shire of Hastings, a Ministerial Adviser to the Victorian Minister for Natural Resources, and policy adviser to the Shadow Minister for the Environment, Senator Rod Kemp before entering politics.
Billson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in July 2004. In July 2005 he was also appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. In January 2006 he was promoted to Minister for Veterans Affairs, a position he retained until the defeat of the Howard government in the November 2007 election.
In December 2007, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. [1]
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| Preceded by De-Anne Kelly |
Minister for Veterans Affairs 2007 |
Succeeded by Alan Griffin |
| Parliament of Australia | ||
| Preceded by Robert Chynoweth |
Member for Dunkley 1996 – present |
Incumbent |
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