I was also well and truly in that space in terms of fear of the unknown," he says. He practised as a solicitor for more than a decade and after a failed attempt at preselection for Pittwater in the late 1980s, Hazzard defeated sitting Liberal MP John Booth in a preselection battle and ran for Wakehurst. Thats a really silly proposition. The roast sovereign lamb at Ursulas.Credit:Brook Mitchell. He also served as Leader of the Legislative Assembly from April 2011 to April 2014. Bradley Ronald "Brad" Hazzard (born 30 August 1951), an Australian politician, has been the New South Wales Minister for Health since January 2017 in the Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries. But I also remember walking into Premier Gladys Berejiklians office when I became aware of kids coming back from Wuhan who had visited China for the Lunar New Year. He resigned, Mike Baird became premier, he appointed me attorney-general, and I instantly thought I can ring that girl up and ask her out.. Hazzard, a science teacher turned lawyer, knows that without factional support, an MP can be killed off by their own people at any time. GLADYS: Brad, you really are an excellent Health Minister. Panic set in. After that, there were many nights that I didnt sleep well. He has two adult sons. But we are trying hard to collect all the information about the, They are the previous few years of relationship. Their wedding was at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. NSW health minister Brad Hazzard will retire at 2023 election We are the last ones in the restaurant, with the lunch service long finished. Please try again later. IA punches above its weight. He was also appointed Shadow Minister for Planning (200811) and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure (200811). We will be trying to collect his favorite things and update them soon. Dramatic moment process server races car up rep. Brad has been a politician Minister of Planning and Facilities Infrastructure and Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister of New South Wales. Hazzard has previously served as the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and the Minister Assisting the Premier on Infrastructure NSW in the OFarrell government between 2011 and 2014; as the Attorney General of New South Wales and the Minister for Justice between 2014 and 2015 in the first Baird ministry; and as the Minister for Family and Community Services and the Minister for Social Housing between April 2015 and January 2017 in the second Baird government. He is also close to former Liberal leader John Brogden. Despite a few shorts stints away, he has always lived on the northern beaches, much of which was subjected to a second lockdown over Christmas. BH: Id rather not comment. It was a terrible situation but largely unavoidable at that point in the pandemic.