John Dawkins
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The Honourable John Dawkins AO |
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| Treasurer of Australia | |
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In office 27 December 1991 – 22 December 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Ralph Willis |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Willis |
| Minister for Employment, Education and Training | |
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In office 24 July 1987 – 27 December 1991 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Susan Ryan |
| Succeeded by | Kim Beazley |
| Minister for Trade | |
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In office 13 December 1984 – 24 July 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Lionel Bowen |
| Succeeded by | Michael Duffy |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Dame Margaret Guilfoyle |
| Succeeded by | Peter Walsh |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Fremantle |
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In office 10 December 1977 – 4 February 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Succeeded by | Carmen Lawrence |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Tangney |
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In office 18 May 1974 – 13 December 1975 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Peter Richardson |
| Personal details | |
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2 March 1947 Perth, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Economist |
John Sydney "Joe" Dawkins, AO (born 2 March 1947), Australian politician, was Treasurer in the Keating Labor government from December 1991 to December 1993. He is notable for his reforms of tertiary education as Minister for Employment, Education and Training, his period as Treasurer when he attempted to increase taxes in order to balance the budget and his abrupt exit from politics.
Dawkins was born in Perth, Western Australia. He attended Roseworthy Agricultural College in South Australia, gaining a Diploma in Agriculture, and then went on to the University of Western Australia, where he graduated in economics.
In 1974, aged 27, Dawkins was elected to the House of Representatives for the marginal seat of Tangney. He was defeated at the 1975 election by Liberal Peter Richardson.
In 1977 Dawkins returned to the House as member for the safe Labor seat of Fremantle, succeeding Kim Beazley (senior), and defeating his son, Kim Beazley, for the Labor preselection. In 1980 he was promoted to the Opposition front bench and was Shadow Education Minister from 1980 to 1983. He became Minister for Finance following the election of the first Hawke government in 1983. In the second Hawke Ministry (1984–1987) he was Minister for Trade. From 1987 to 1991 he was Minister for Employment, Education and Training. It was in this position where he brought in a series of reforms of the higher education sector, which included expansion of Australian universities, the forced mergers of universities and colleges of advanced education, and the re-introduction of university fees (abolished by Kim Beazley senior in 1973) in the form of the HECS. This later became known as the Dawkins Revolution and aroused bitter opposition among academics and university administrators.
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