David Jull - Definition

Hon David Jull

David Francis Jull (born 4 October 1944), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since December 1975, representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland, 1975-83 and Fadden, Queensland, since 1984. He was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was educated at University and was a television executive before entering politics. He was Deputy General Manager of the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation 1983-84.

Jull was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1989-94, and was Minister for Administrative Services 1996-97. He resigned from the ministry following accusations that he had failed to prevent other MPs from abusing their parliamentary allowances.

Jull was chair of the Parliamentary Committee on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 1997-2002, and of its successor, the Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD, since 2002. In this capacity he presided over the Committee's inquiry into the performance of the Australian intelligence services in relation to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2003-04.

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Personal website (http://www.url.com.au/)