Labor People - Doug Cameron

Doug Cameron

Senator for New South Wales

Parliament House
PO Box 6022
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
(02) 6277 3367
(02) 6277 5802
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Electorate Office

Unit 6, 5 Raymond Road
Springwood, NSW 2777

All Mail: PO Box 322 Springwood
Phone: 1300 226 005
Phone: 02 4751 4288
Fax: 02 4751 3288

02 4732 4100
02 4732 5033

Biography

Doug Cameron is married to Elaine and has two daughters, Lynn and Fiona and two grandchildren, Amy and Scott.

Doug has worked as a fitter in the steel, ship repair, vehicle and power industries. He was elected by manufacturing workers to represent them in various positions in the union including Delegate, full-time organiser, Assistant State Secretary, Assistant National Secretary, National Secretary AMWU, State and National Secretary Metal Trades Federation of Unions, Vice President ACTU.

Doug Cameron has been a long-term patron of the Asbestos Diseases Foundation, a Director of Australian Super, and under the Keating government was a member of the Australian Best Practice Committee. As a director of Australian Super and its predecessor STA he has worked with union and employer representatives to build Australian Super into a 1.3 million members fund with 100,000 employers and $28 billion under management.

Australian Super was named "fund of the year" in 2007.

Doug Cameron has played a key role in developing industrial and political strategies designed to improve employment security, wages, and skill and industry development in the manufacturing industry. He has been at the centre of ACTU and AMWU campaigns on workers entitlements, health and safety, work and family balance and the right to collectively bargain.

Doug was elected to the Senate at the 2007 federal election, and took up his position on July 1 2008. Senator Cameron remains an active member of the following Parliamentary Committees:

Senate Standing: Library from 1.7.08; Scrutiny of Bills from 1.7.08.
Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics from 1.7.08 to 14.5.09; Economics: Legislation Committee from 14.5.09; Finance and Public Administration from 1.7.08 to 14.5.09; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation and References Committees from 14.5.09.
Senate Select: Climate Policy from 18.3.09.
Joint Statutory: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity from 1.7.08.
Joint Standing: Parliamentary Library from 1.7.08.

Electorate Profile: Bradfield

State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after John Bradfield 1867-1943, engineer and bridge designer.

Area and Location Description: Bradfield covers an area of approximately 93 sq km. Suburbs include Gordon, Killara, Lindfield, Pymble, St. Ives, Turramurra, Warrawee, West Pymble and parts of Asquith, Chatswood, Chatswood West, Hornsby, Middle Cove, Roseville and Wahroonga

Products/Industries of the Area: Light manufacturing, service industries, Chatswood CBD and shopping centre, commercial businesses and government offices.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1949

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

NELSON, B (LP) 1996-
CONNOLLY, D M (LP) 1974-1996
TURNER, H B (LP) 1952-1974
HUGHES, W M (LP) 1949-1952

Electorate Profile: Cook

Area and Location Description: Cook covers an area of approximately 164 sq km from Kurnell and Cronulla in the east to Kirrawee and Jannali in the west and from Botany Bay and Georges River in the north to Garie Beach in the south including that part of the Royal National Park to the east of the Princes Hwy, Farnell Ave, Audley Road and Hacking River. Suburbs include Bundeena, Burraneer, Caringbah, Cronulla, Dolans Bay, Grays Point, Gymea, Gymea Bay, Kangaroo Point, Kareela, Kirrawee, Kurnell, Lilli Pilli, Maianbar, Miranda, Oyster Bay, Sylvania, Sylvania Waters, Taren Point, Woolooware, Yowie Bay and parts of Como, Jannali and Sutherland.

Products/Industries of the Area: Petroleum refineries at Kurnell, steel fabrication, pharmaceutical plant, boat building and oyster farming.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1906

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

BAIRD, B (LP) 1998-
MUTCH, S (LP) 1996-1998
DOBIE, J D M (LP) 1975-1996
THORBURN, R W (ALP) 1972-1975
DOBIE, J D M (LP) 1969-1972
COPE, J F (ALP) 1955-1969
SHEEHAN, T (ALP) 1937-1955
GARDEN, J S (ALP) 1934-1937
RILEY, E C (ALP) 1922-1934
CATTS, J H (ALP) 1906-1922

Electorate Profile: Mitchell

State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after Sir Thomas Mitchell 1792-1855, a noted Australian explorer and surveyor.

Area and Location Description: Mitchell covers an area of approximately 129 sq km from Maraylya and Box Hill in the northwest to Baulkham Hills and North Rocks in the southeast. The main suburbs include Annangrove, Beaumont Hills, Bella Vista, Box Hill, Glenhaven, Kellyville, Nelson and parts of Baulkham Hills, Castle Hill, Dural, Kenthurst, Maraylya, Northmead, North Rocks, Round Corner, Rouse Hill and West Pennant Hills.

Products/Industries of the Area: Scattered light industry and market gardens, flowers, poultry, orchards and intensive cultivation.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1947/1949

Demographic Rating: Outer Metropolitan

Members:

Hawke, A (LP) 2007-
Cadman, A (LP) 1974-2007
Ashley-Brown, A (ALP) 1972-1974
Irwin, L H (LP) 1963-1972
Armitage, J L (ALP) 1961-1963
Wheeler, R C (LP) 1949-1961

Electorate Profile: New England

State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after the area of New England, the largest highland area in Australia.

Area and Location Description: New England covers an area of approximately 58 463 sq km from the Queensland border in the north to the Liverpool Plains, Tamworth Regional and Walcha local government areas in the south. The main towns include Armidale, Barraba, Bingara, Bundarra, Deepwater, Glen Innes, Guyra, Inverell, Manilla, Quirindi, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Uralla, Walcha, Werris Creek and parts of Delungra and Urbenville.

Products/Industries of the Area: Cattle, sheep, grain, forestry, dairying, oats, maize, fruit, vegetables, tin-mining, bricks, trout hatchery, tourism, concrete pipe works, leather goods, tannery, gemstones, tobacco, lucerne, honey, grain processing, rubber industry, plaster works and concrete.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901

Demographic Rating: Rural

Members: