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Brian Austin

Australian politician

Summary

Australian politician

Field	Value
name	Brian Austin
constituency_AM1	Wavell
assembly1	Queensland Legislative
term_start1	12 November 1977
term_end1	1 November 1986
predecessor1	Arthur Crawford
successor1	Seat abolished
constituency_AM2	Nicklin
assembly2	Queensland Legislative
term_start2	1 November 1986
term_end2	26 October 1989
predecessor2	New seat
successor2	Bob King
birth_date
birth_place	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia
birthname	Brian Douglas Austin
nationality	Australian
party	National Party
otherparty	Liberal Party
spouse	Leonie McKenzie
alma_mater	University of Queensland
occupation	Civil Engineer

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Brian Douglas Austin (born 22 March 1943) is an Australian politician and Minister of Health (1980–1983 and 1983 - 1986) and Minister for Finance and Minister Assisting the Premier and Treasurer (1987 - 1989) and who represented the state seat of Wavell for the Liberal Party (1977–1983) and then for the National Party (1983–1986). In 1983, Austin switched to the National Party (along with Don Lane, who was the Transport Minister, after Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen lobbied several Liberals to cross the floor, thus enabling the National Party to form government with a very slim majority. Prior to their defection, the Nationals were one seat short of governing in their own right. At the 1986 Queensland state election, Austin became the first MP for the new Queensland electorate of Nicklin (1986–1989).

In 1987, Austin was one of three ministers who told Governor Walter Campbell that Bjelke-Petersen no longer had enough support to govern. That was a precursor to the caucus coup that saw Bjelke-Petersen deposed as premier later that year.

Austin was subsequently implicated in the corruption being investigated by Fitzgerald Inquiry and was forced to retire in 1989.{{cite web | author-link = Antony Green --| url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-liberal-who-stood-up-to-joh/story-e6frg6z6-1225826997950

In 2010, Brisbane's Courier-Mail reported that Austin was selling real estate in the exclusive Brisbane suburbs of Ascot, Hamilton and Clayfield.

References

Lock, Stock & Barrel: A Political Biography of Mike Ahern, by Paul Reynolds, University of Queensland Press, {{ISBN. 0-7022-3294-7, c2002, pages 51, 89.
"Queensland Young Libs say they are glad the 'misfits' defected", by Damien Murphy, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 1984, p.3
(2007-05-14). "Players in a vast drama". Courier-Mail.

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