Kerry Sibraa Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Kerry Sibraa
President of the Senate
Term Start:17 February 1987
Term End:31 January 1994
Predecessor:Doug McClelland
Successor:Michael Beahan
Title2:Senator for New South Wales
Term Start2:13 December 1975
Term End2:30 June 1978
Term Start3:9 August 1978
Term End3:1 February 1994
Predecessor3:Jim McClelland
Successor3:Belinda Neal
Birth Date:1937 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Party:Australian Labor Party

Kerry Walter Sibraa (born 12 October 1937) is a former Australian Senator who represented the Labor Party for the state of New South Wales.[1] He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.[2]

He served as a Senator for from 13 December 1975 to 30 June 1978, and then again from 9 August 1978 until 1 February 1994, and was President of the Senate from 17 February 1987 to 31 January 1994.[1] [3] According to an article by C. J. Coventry, Sibraa had been an informer for the U.S..[4]

After leaving Parliament, Sibraa was the Australian High Commissioner to Zimbabwe from March 1994 until February 1998.[5] On 26 January 1997 Sibraa was made an Officer of the Order of Australia "for service to the Parliament of Australia, to international relations and to the community."[6] On 1 January 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal.[7]

Sibraa was a special counsel for the public relations and government relations firm Wells Haslem.[8]

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  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120729120938/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=(Id:handbook/allmps/ej4);rec=0;. 2012-07-29. Biography for SIBRAA, the Hon. Kerry Walter . Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Library . 2019-12-29. 2008-06-16.
  2. p. 775 Who's Who in Australia 1985, director of Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Limited and patron, life member and director of Manly-Warringah Rugby League Football Club Limited
  3. sibraa-kerry-walter. SIBRAA, Kerry Walter (1937–). Jarrod M. Jolly. 2017. 2023-01-17.
  4. Coventry, C. J., "The Eloquence of Robert J Hawke: United States informer, 1973-79," Australian Journal of Politics and History, 67:1 (2021), 85.
  5. Diplomatic Appointment- High Commissioner to Zimbabwe. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 24 February 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20160129154235/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa020_98.html. 2016-01-29. Australian Government.
  6. 884382. Officer of the Order of Australia. His Excellency The Honourable Kerry Walter Sibraa. 2023-01-18. 1997-01-26. AO.
  7. 1115436. Centenary Medal. 2023-01-18. The Hon. Kerry Walter Sibraa. 2001-01-01.
  8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140303073957/http://www.wellshaslem.com.au/kerry-sibraa-ao.html. 2014-03-03. Kerry Sibraa AO, Special Counsel. Wells Haslem. 2019-12-30.