Gary Johns

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Gary Thomas Johns (b. 29 August 1952) is a former Australian politician.

Johns was born in Melbourne, Victoria and received a Bachelor of Economics and a M.A. from Monash University. He was elected as the member for Petrie in 1987, and held it for the Australian Labor Party until his defeat in 1996. He served as Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations from December 1993 and Special Minister of State and Vice-President of the Executive Council from March 1994 until the defeat of the government of Keating government in 1996.^[1]

From 1997 to 2006, he was a senior fellow at the neo-liberal/conservative think tank the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA). Within the IPA, he was head of the Non-Government Organisations unit. He is 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.^[2]

Since leaving government, his association with conservative bodies and their policies has led many in the ALP to disown him.^{[citation needed]}

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Political offices
Preceded by Frank Walker	Special Minister of State 1994 – 1996	Succeeded by Nick Minchin
	Vice-President of the Executive Council 1994 – 1996	Succeeded by John Moore
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by John Hodges	Member for Petrie 1987 – 1996	Succeeded by Teresa Gambaro

Persondata
NAME	Johns, Gary Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	29 August 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH