Background
Tickner, Robert Edward was born on December 21, 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Australian government official
Tickner, Robert Edward was born on December 21, 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Bachelor in Economics, Sydney. Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws with honors, Sydney.
Alderman, Sydney City Council, 1977-1984;
acting lord mayor, Sydney City Council, 1983;
elected for Hughes, NSW, House of Representatives, since 1984;
member standing committee for privileges, House of Representatives, since 1985;
member standing committee for legal and constitutional affairs, House of Representatives, since 1987;
member standing committee for aboriginal affairs, House of Representatives, since 1987;
member joint statutory committee for public accounts, House of Representatives, since 1985;
chairman joint statutory committee for public accounts, House of Representatives, since 1987;
minister for aboriginal affairs, House of Representatives, since 1990. Member Parliamentary Delaware to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Poland, 1986. Participant 8th Australasian and Pacific Regional Parlimentary Seminar, 1986.
Chairman parliamentary group Amnesty International. Convenor Parliamentary Disarmarment Group. Lecturer Faculty of Business Studies, Faculty of Law, NSW Institute Technology.
Manager NSW Environment Center. Proprietor suburban newspaper.
Director Toe Truck Theatre. Founding chairman Australian Nuclear Free Zone Secretariat. Member Council Civil Liberties, New South Wales Society Labour Lawyers (president).