politician member of the Australian Senate
WALTERS, Shirley was born on August 31, 1925 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Daughter of the late Sir Eric Harrison Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St. George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and the late Mary Harrison.
Qualified nurse; spoken languages: English.
Elected to the Senate for Tasmania since 1975. Committee Service: Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Library, since 1976. Chairperson for Library Bicentenary Publications, 1981-1983.
For Regulations and Ordinances, 1981-1983. Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs, since 1987. For Social Welfare, 1976-1987 and Chairperson, 1980-1983.
Member of the Senate Select Committee for Industrial Relations Legislation, May-October 1982. For Private Hospitals and Nursing, 1981-1987 and Chairperson, 1981-1983. For Volatile Substance Fumes, 1984-1985.
For Video Material, 1984-1985. For the Human Embryo Experimentation Bill 1985, 1985-1986. Member of the Senate Estimates Committee D, 1977-1978 and since 1987.
Chairperson of C, 1978-1981. G, 1981-1983; B, 1983-1986 and 1986-1987. F, March-June 1987; Member of the Joint Select Committee for the Family Law Act, 1978-1980.
For Video Material, since 1985. Conferences, Delegations and Visits: Member, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Council of Europe Parliamentary Symposium on Development Co-operation, Paris, 1978. Member, 68th Inter-Parliamentary Union Annual Conference, Havana, 1981.
Leader, Opposition Members’ Delegation to Japan, 1984. Member of Council of HRH Duke of Edinburgh 6th Commonwealth Study Conference. Member, Joint Standing Committee on Federal Policy, 1978-1979.
Member, Liberal Party State Executive,, Tasmania, 1981-1982. Parliamentary Secretary, 1987-1989. Member, Australian Bicentennial Authority Board, 1986-1989.
Professional career: General Nursing Certificate, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 1947.
Presbyterian
Committee member, Southern Region, National Trust of Australia. Clubs: The Queen Mary Club, Hobart, Tasmania.
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