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Alan Hulme

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from 1966 to 1972. As Postmaster-General, he was responsible for the introduction of an Australian-owned satellite system in 1970, Aussat, which was later privatised as
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and was educated at North Sydney Boys High School. He moved to Queensland before World War II, where he practised as an accountant. He was a founding member of the
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would be introduced in Australia from 1 March 1975, by which time he had retired from politics and his party was out of office.
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in January 1971. He died in 1989, survived by two sons and a daughter.
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and was its president in 1949, when it merged with the
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Index

The Honourable
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Postmaster-General of Australia
Robert Menzies
Harold Holt
John McEwen
William McMahon
Charles Davidson
Lance Barnard
Vice-President of the Executive Council
Harold Holt
John McEwen
William McMahon
William McMahon
Lance Barnard
Minister for Supply
Harold Holt
Athol Townley
Allen Fairhall
Australian Parliament
Petrie
Reginald O'Brien
Reginald O'Brien
Marshall Cooke
Mosman, New South Wales
Liberal Party of Australia
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Mosman
Queensland People's Party

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