Career
He was appointed Minister for Police and Minister for the Illawarra in the New South Wales Government on 8 September 2008 but resigned three days later after allegations of inappropriate conduct at a party in Parliament House occurring in June 2008. Brown holds a Bachelor of Mathematics and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wollongong. Prior to his election he worked as solicitor and as a lecturer at the university.
Brown was elected as Member for Kiama in 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party.
He was sworn in as Minister for Housing and Tourism on 2 April 2007, and promoted to Minister for Police and Minister for the Illawarra on 8 September 2008. In 2010, he denied these allegations.
Brown had been suggested to run for the Federal seat of Throsby at the 2013 election but he has decided against lieutenant
