Tony Messner

politician member of the Australian Senate

Background

Messner was born in Melbourne and educated at a state primary school in Queensland, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide and the South Australian Institute of Technology.

Career

Messner was elected as a Senator for South Australia at the 1975 election. He was appointed Minister for Veterans" Affairs in November 1980 and held that position until the defeat of the Fraser government at the March 1983 election. He resigned from parliament in April 1990.

Messner was Administrator of Norfolk Island from August 1997 to July 2003.

Achievements

He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004 for "service to the Australian Parliament, to Norfolk Island as Administrator, and to the community, particularly veterans and their families".

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Officer of the Order of Australia Officer of the Order of Australia