Background
Nairn was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney Boys High School from 1963-1968 before attending University of New South Wales.
Nairn was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney Boys High School from 1963-1968 before attending University of New South Wales.
University of New South Wales.
He moved to the Northern Territory where he lived for many years. In 2003, he headed a federal inquiry into the 2003 Canberra bushfires. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in October 2004.
In January 2006 he was promoted to the front bench as Special Minister of State which includes responsibilities with Ministerial and Parliamentary Services, the Australian Government Information Management Office, Australian Electoral Commission, Defence Housing Authority and Film Australia.
At the meeting Doctor Phelps claimed that Mike Kelly was a hypocrite as a former soldier running for the ALP when they are opposed to the war in Iraq. Doctor Phelps stated at the meeting that he thought Doctor Kelly was using the Nuremberg Defence, and compared it to the kind of defence used by guards at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Mr Nairn did not agree with his staffer"s sentiments. In the 2007 federal election, Nairn lost his seat to Labor candidate Mike Kelly.
Nairn was one of five Coalition frontbenchers to lose their seats at the election.
He was a surveyor in private practice and managing director of a surveying and mapping consultancy before entering politics. The loss of the Division of Eden-Monaro by the Liberal Party to the Labor Party continues the trend of the seat being won by every party to form Government since 1972.
Nairn returned to New South Wales and in March 1996 was elected a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the seat of Eden-Monaro.