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Record #5399

Name :: : Andrew James Marshall MURRAY (1947 - )
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Date of Birth: : 29 Jan 1947
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Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Hove

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 1951
Country: : Rhodesia
Ship: : - Unknown -
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Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Fairbridge Homes

NotesAndrew J. M. Murray was born in Hove, England, in the United Kingdom. In 1951 he was sent as a child migrant to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he was educated before going to university in South Africa. He continued his education at Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar 1971), where he gained a Master of Arts degree.

Returning to Africa, Murray worked as an executive in large corporations, then ran his own businesses. He also worked as a consultant, lecturer and industry journalist and served in the Rhodesian Air Force. He was deported from South Africa in 1968 for opposing the apartheid policies of the white minority r?gime. The deportation order was withdrawn in 1977. Murray migrated to Australia in 1989.

Murray was applauded by some as an intelligent and thoughtful debater in the Senate. Others believe that he acted against the wishes of his party's members in voting for the Goods and Services Tax bills in 1999, a stance which caused an irreparable party-room rift, leading to terminal loss of electoral support.

Murray pushed for greater transparency in government contracting activities by obtaining Senate support for a motion that required federal government ministers to indicate what clauses in contracts are confidential and to then justify the need for confidentiality. The impact of the Senate order resulted in a complex process to identify confidential information in the procurement process. The government issued guidance, updated in 2007, to provide further clarity, whereby tenderers must identify any information they consider is confidential and government procurement officers must assess such claims against four criteria. The legalistic and subjective nature of the criteria and the intrinsic complexity of the process sets the scene for inaccurate application of the test and inconsistent reporting by government agencies. The government's auditor does not report on the number of contracts requested by parliament that contain confidentiality provisions. The parliament has, and always has had, a legal right of access to government contracts.

In 2000 Senator Andrew Murray was part of a bid for a child migrant inquiry in Australia. He united with Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, in obtaining support for a full Parliamentary inqurity in the issues of child migrants to Australia.

He said, "It is right and just that grievances and issues raised by child migrants to Australia are heard. There is much that needs to be resolved.

It is a chapter in Australian history that must be revisited. It is crucial that all Australians be given an opportunity to know that has transpired in our history -- the good and the bad."

Tim Colebatch, writer for The Age, reported about Andrew Murray on February 14, 2001: ?...one of the finest minds in Federal Parliament... few people have had such influence on legislation from the cross benches, or play such as important role as a bridge between the Democrat idealists and the hardnosed Liberal and Labor apparatchiks.?

Andrew Murray did not seek re-election at the 2007 federal election and retired at the expiration of his term on 30 June 2008.

Andrew is the Australian Democrats spokesperson for Accountability, Electoral Matters, Taxation, Finance & Corporate Affairs, and Workplace Relations. He is married with two grown children.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-02 09:00:27 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-03-02 10:16:51 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 35 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
4633	MURRAY, Percy	1894		Jul 1906 : City of Vienna	CAN	Ellinor Close
5399	MURRAY, Andrew James Marshall	1947	ENG, SSX, Hove	1951 : - Unknown -	RHO	Fairbridge Homes
19804	MURRAY, Anne May	1895	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown
21523	MURRAY, Arthur E	1918	ENG,	Jun 1929 : Berrima	AUS	Barnardos
24388	MURRAY, C.	1856		May 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	Annie MacPherson Homes
7387	MURRAY, Catherine	1874	ENG,	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
15449	MURRAY, Cecelia	1877	ENG,	Jun 1884 : Polynesian	CAN	Catholic Protection Society
20742	MURRAY, Danny	1893	ENG,	Jun 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
7388	MURRAY, Elizabeth	1872	ENG,	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
19530	MURRAY, Frank Elie	1909	ENG,	Jul 1926 : Celtic	CAN	Canadian Government Scheme
4632	MURRAY, George	1896		Jul 1906 : City of Vienna	CAN	Ellinor Close
6038	MURRAY, Herbert W.	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
20744	MURRAY, Isaac	1891	ENG,	Jun 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
23274	MURRAY, Isabelle	1862	ENG,	Jul 1872 : St. David	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6811	MURRAY, James	1869	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
4969	MURRAY, James Sydney	1911	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
16045	MURRAY, John		ENG,	- Unknown -	CAN	Unknown
23753	MURRAY, John Clarke	1896	IRL, ANT, Belfast	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
23842	MURRAY, John Nisbet	1896	SCT,	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
22442	MURRAY, Joseph	1890	ENG,	May 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
26918	MURRAY, Louis	1927		Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
7797	MURRAY, Margaret	1861	ENG,	Jul 1870 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
23844	MURRAY, Margaret	1901	SCT, , East Cross Causeway	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
17985	MURRAY, Martha	1890	ENG,	Apr 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
13386	MURRAY, Mary	1889	SCT,	Oct 1904 : Pomeranian	CAN	Quarriers
17986	MURRAY, Mary	1888	ENG,	Apr 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
23752	MURRAY, Maud Isabell	1901	IRL,	Oct 1911 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
26919	MURRAY, Michael	1929		Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
3224	MURRAY, Nora		ENG,	Oct 1893 : Laurentian	CAN	Unknown
6835	MURRAY, Polly	1867	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
26923	MURRAY, Robert	1926		Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
20705	MURRAY, Sarah	1902	ENG,	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
23843	MURRAY, Sarah Watson	1899	SCT,	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
7843	MURRAY, Susan	1860	ENG,	Jul 1870 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
6846	MURRAY, William		SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 35 Entries

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