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Barry Cohen (politician)

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43: 552:, purporting that reductions to their retirement allowances and limitations on the number of "domestic return trips per year" under the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 were unconstitutional under S51(xxxi) of the 344:, where he was subjected to antisemitic bullying. He was a golf and squash champion as a schoolboy, and after leaving school worked for periods as a sporting goods salesman and squash coach. He was a member of the 640:
in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2007, for service to the Australian Parliament and to the community through a range of cultural and environmental roles and contributions to public discussion and debate.
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Cohen spent his early years in Griffith, where he later recalled his family was one of only three Jewish families in the town. At the age of 10 he was sent to Sydney to board at
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Cohen joined the Australian Labor Party in 1964. He became more active in politics via his interest in Aboriginal affairs, serving on the executive of the
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In his first years in parliament Cohen emerged as a prominent advocate of road safety. In 1971 he published a 110-page booklet on road safety titled
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and "facilitated ties between the government and the community in its campaign to raise awareness of the plight of Soviet Jewry".
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and accused the Arab lobby in Australia of using Nazi propaganda tactics. Cohen publicly opposed the South African government's
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in the 1970s, he spoke out against gay marriage, arguing that "gay marriage and conventional marriage is the same thing".
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Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J.; Godthelp, Henk (1988). "A new order of tertiary zalambdodont marsupials".
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After leaving parliament, Cohen remained active as a political commentator, writing columns for
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Cohen also spoke frequently in parliament on foreign affairs matters. In 1970 he criticised the
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In retirement Cohen wrote a number of books on political anecdotes, and an autobiography:
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and subsequently "launched a bitter attack" on Richardson and the ALP's factional system.
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Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
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In 2014, Cohen publicly announced he had been diagnosed with early-stage
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In 2015, Cohen and three other former MPs brought a case before the
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Cohen married Rae McNeill in October 1959 and they had three sons.
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Robertson
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in which declared that antisemitism was "rampant" in the ALP.
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On 11 March 1983, following the ALP's victory at the
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In March 1969 he won ALP 587:The Life of the Party – Political Anecdotes 475:Minister for Arts, Heritage and Environment 186:25 October 1969 â€“ 19 February 1990 1332:Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent 872:"Votes of conscience 'denied' by factions" 515:, losing to the incumbent Liberal member, 41: 793: 791: 124:11 March 1983 â€“ 13 December 1984 1327:People educated at Sydney Grammar School 721:"Barry Cohen ... wild about the workers" 714: 712: 710: 708: 706: 67:13 December 1984 â€“ 24 July 1987 1060: 799:"Cohen well 'drilled' on anti-semitism" 736: 734: 430:for adopting a "neutral" stance in the 408:, winning Robertson from the incumbent 1264: 1043: 833: 788: 718: 1317:People from Griffith, New South Wales 1024: 934:"Anti-semitism rampant in ALP: Cohen" 703: 679: 677: 675: 673: 671: 669: 667: 665: 663: 503:Cohen retired from parliament at the 906: 900: 731: 636:Cohen was appointed a Member of the 363:and established a menswear store in 309:. He held ministerial office in the 301:from 1969 to 1990, representing the 1312:20th-century Australian politicians 1178:(home affairs and the environment) 509:1999 New South Wales state election 477:on 13 December 1984, following the 13: 660: 321:Cohen was born on 3 April 1935 in 14: 1343: 1297:Members of the Order of Australia 1044:Bowden, Tracy (8 November 2014). 909:"Remembering Labor's Barry Cohen" 834:Jacobs, Michael (29 April 1972). 719:Sebben, Shira (1 December 2000). 907:Kohn, Peter (20 December 2017). 348:from 1953 to 1957 and undertook 1102: 1086: 1037: 1018: 992: 970: 952: 926: 882: 864: 760:"Shopkeepers will defy the law" 644:A species of fossil marsupial, 559: 473:. His portfolio was changed to 445: 1025:Cohen, Barry (14 April 2011). 846: 827: 817:"Candidate for Fed. elections" 809: 770: 752: 628:on 18 December 2017, aged 82. 383: 1: 1307:Jewish Australian politicians 1131:10.1126/science.239.4847.1528 854:"M.P.s' Sympathy With Israel" 653: 522: 378: 316: 593:How to Become Prime Minister 432:Israeli–Palestinian conflict 359:Cohen eventually settled in 7: 890:"Richardson 'not ruthless'" 821:The Australian Jewish Times 685:"COHEN, the Hon. Barry, AM" 599: 421:The Australian Way of Death 10: 1348: 913:The Australian Jewish News 858:The Australian Jewish News 803:The Australian Jewish News 782:The Australian Jewish News 746:The Australian Jewish News 725:The Australian Jewish News 631: 496:ballot by ALP powerbroker 1302:Australian businesspeople 1250: 1240: 1232: 1225: 1214: 1204: 1190: 1172: 1167: 938:The Sydney Morning Herald 691:. 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The Honourable
AM

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment
Bob Hawke
John Brown
Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment
Bob Hawke
Tom McVeigh
Australian Parliament
Robertson
William Bridges-Maxwell
Frank Walker
Griffith, New South Wales
Australian Labor Party
AM
Australian Labor Party
federal parliament
Division of Robertson
New South Wales
Hawke government
Griffith, New South Wales
Great Depression
Pajęczno
Działoszyn
Sydney Grammar School
Citizen Military Forces
national service
12th Battalion
Turramurra

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