Paul Whalan Explained

Paul Whalan should not be confused with Paul Whalen.

Paul Russell Whalan (born 10 July 1941) is an Australian political lobbyist, former politician and member of the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, representing Canberra for the Labor Party. Whalan was elected in 1989 and resigned from the Assembly on 30 April 1990.[1] During his short term in the Assembly, Whalan served as the first Deputy Chief Minister and the first Minister with responsibilities for industry, employment and education in the first ACT Government led by Rosemary Follett.[2]

Prior to entering politics, Whalan served as the ACT secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association and as Senior Adviser to five Ministers in the Hawke Labor federal government.[3] Whalan now runs his own political lobbying business in Canberra.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly . . 2008 . 2010-08-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110217044100/http://www.legassembly.act.gov.au/education/memlist/memlist.pdf . 17 February 2011 . dmy-all.
  2. Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1989 No 1 . . ACT Gazette . 1989-01 . 1989-05-16 . 2010-08-19.
  3. Web site: Whelan, Paul (profile) . Endeavour Consulting Group . 2010 . 2010-08-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103728/http://www.endeavourconsulting.com.au/whalan.html . 6 July 2011 . dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Paul Whalan & Associates Pty Ltd . Lobbyist Register . Queensland Integrity Commissioner . 2010 . 2010-08-02.
  5. News: Union man gets Assembly post . . 51 . 14,609 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 14 February 1977 . 6 January 2018 . 1 . National Library of Australia.

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