"We cast a whole lot of people into poverty, and it was a disgrace then, and a disgrace now, and those families need support.". Thwaites has been appointed to a number of reviews and advisory bodies for the Australian and state governments. On Australia Day 2015, the then Prime Minister Abbott made his captains pick and appointed Prince Philip a Knight of Australia. https://www.michaelwest.com.au/east-timors-dangerous-mix-of-gas-revenge-politics-and-chinese-money/ Our Federal Government seemingly still does not . ); will made on 7 Jan. 1503/4, and proved 07. Abbott is the living/breathing embodiment of that political genre. He told the ABC it's disgraceful that many sole-parent families have been forced into poverty due to inadequate government support. https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/gop-delay-appointing-members-house-intel-committee-stalling-investigations-trump-family-report/, steve davis @ #762 Sunday, January 27th, 2019 2:03 am. The Age 20 November 1999). Required fields are marked *. The utter irony of the succession of fleets arriving in Sydney, the Rum Rebellion and the amounts of alcohol consumed to celebrate Australia Day is never more apparent as the alcohol epidemic shows no sign of abating. After the November 2002 state election, at which Labor was returned with a record majority, Thwaites was appointed Minister for Environment, Water and Victorian Communities. Joint statements by the Presiding Officers, Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country), House of Representatives chamber and business documents, Getting involved in Parliamentary Committees, Department of the House of Representatives. Johnstone William "John" Thwaites AM (born 15 October 1955), is a former Australian politician, and served as Deputy Premier of the state of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. Thwaites and Eagle have one son. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. And its goodbye and good riddance to Nigel Scullion. JOHN THWAITES OF LOFTHOUSE AND DENTON was a lawyer of considerable repute temp. The consequences of the EPAs decisions now are rippling through the food system. Those same young voters are pissed and about to show the Liberals handling of the SSM debate, climate change and the racist dog whistles. Kate Thwaites MP FEDERAL MEMBER FOR JAGAJAGA Meet Kate Thwaites Kate is the Federal Member for Jagajaga and the voice in Canberra for our community.