Thomas Mark Bishop (born 29 June 1954), has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia since July 1996. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at the University of Adelaide and Harvard University. He was an industrial officer and union secretary before entering politics.
Bishop has been Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs 2001-04, Shadow Minister for Customs 2003...
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Thomas Mark Bishop (born 29 June 1954), has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia since July 1996. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at the University of Adelaide and Harvard University. He was an industrial officer and union secretary before entering politics.
Bishop has been Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs 2001-04, Shadow Minister for Customs 2003-04 and Shadow Minister for Defence Industry, Procurement and Personnel 2005-2006.
In December 2006, Bishop announced that he would not recontest his Senate seat, due to expire on 30 June, 2008. However, before the 2007 he decided to recontest and was re-elected for a further six-year term.
In November 2006, Senator Bishop met with Brian Burke after his party's national secretariat had banned contact with the disgraced former Western Australian premier. Although such contact was claimed to be "of a personal nature", Bishop was counselled by...
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