Michael Moore (Australian politician)
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Michael Moore AM | |
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Minister of Health and Community Care | |
In office 1998–2001 | |
Preceded by | Kate Carnell |
Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly | |
In office 4 March 1989 – November 2001 | |
Succeeded by | Katy Gallagher |
Constituency | Molonglo |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael John Moore 2 April 1950 |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Moore Independents |
Residence | Canberra, ACT, Australia |
Alma mater | Flinders University Adelaide University Australian National University University of Canberra |
Profession | Public Health Professional |
Michael John Moore AM (born 2 April 1950) is a public health leader, academic and former Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for four terms, from 1989 to 2001. He served as Australia's first independent minister as from 1998 to 2001 in the Liberal minority government led by Chief Minister, Kate Carnell and later, Gary Humphries.[1]
Politics[]
In 1989 Moore was elected as a Residents Rally member to the first multi-member single-constituency unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly. No party had won a majority, and Rosemary Follett's Labor Party formed a minority government. He was re-elected for a second term at the single-constituency 1992 general election with Helen Szuty as part of the Michael Moore Independent Group, and at the 1995 and 1998 general elections as Moore Independents. He represented the electorate of Molonglo. On becoming Minister he set a blueprint for reform 'Setting the Agenda' and achieved 11 of the 12 specific goals. He was also Minister for Housing, Corrections and Children's Services and was Manager of Government Business. He chaired the Australian Ministerial Councils for both Health and Corrections.
Moore was a social progressive who was responsible for the legalisation of prostitution,[2] the decriminalisation of cannabis[3] and who was a strong advocate for trialling the provision of heroin to dependent users.[4] He was a joint founder of the Australian Parliamentary Group on Drug Law Reform,[5] the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and sponsored the early meetings of the group Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform.[6][7]
Other positions[]
Prior to politics Moore was a high school teacher and faculty head. He was an Army Reservist (CMF) reaching the rank of Lieutenant and was a consultant and small business owner in Canberra (2002-2008). He holds a post-graduate diploma in education, a master's degree in population health and a PhD from the University of Canberra and is a Distinguished Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health, a Visiting professor at the University of Technology, Sydney and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Canberra.[8] Moore was awarded a master's degree in Population Health at the Australian National University in 1997. Since 2006 he has been a political and social columnist with the Canberra City News.[9] From 2008 until 2018, Moore served as chief executive officer of the Public Health Association of Australia[10] and has advocated, on behalf of its members, for policies based on equity and the social determinants of health including for retention of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre.[11][12]
References[]
- ^ "Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly" (PDF). ACT Legislative Assembly. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ "Prostitution (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1992". ACT Legislative Assembly. 1 December 1992. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ Armitage, Liz (5 July 2001). "Moore calls it quits". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Supporters of a heroin trial in Australia". Supporters. Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform. 1 December 1992. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ "Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform" (PDF). E-Newsletter. Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation. May 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ "Heroin in Australia, Part Two: A Conversation with Michael Moore, ACT Health Minister". The Drug Reform Coordination Network. 30 April 1999.
- ^ "Crocodile tears as Moore bows out". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. 7 July 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hyland, Kathleen (4 July 2003). "Michael Moore". Stateline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Moore, Michael (23 July 2009). "From pickle to political profit" (PDF). Canberra City News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ Mark, David (29 February 2008). "Academics angry over Govt blocked medical reports". PM. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Drug experts support injecting centre". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Injecting centre here to stay: PHAA welcomes decision" (PDF). Public Health Association of Australia. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- Australian academics
- Australian columnists
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Residents Rally members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Independent members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- 21st-century Australian politicians