Joe Hockey represents the electorate of North Sydney in the Australian Parliament in Canberra. He is also the Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation and the Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives.
He was first elected in 1996 at the age of 30. Less than three years later Joe was made a minister – one of the youngest in Australia’s history. He’s served in a number of ministries since then: Financial Services, Tourism and Small Business, Human Services and Employment and Workplace Relations.
Joe was born in North Sydney. His father was born in Bethlehem (before later emigrating to Australia) and his Mum in Chatswood. When he was growing up his family was working hard running a small business, first a deli in Chatswood and later a real estate agency in Naremburn.
A student at St Aloysius’ College, Joe then went on to get Arts and Law degrees from Sydney Uni, where he was also elected President of the SRC. He was also President of the NSW Young Liberal Movement.
Before entering Parliament Joe worked as a lawyer for a major Australian law firm and then as the Director of Policy to the Premier of NSW.
He lives in Hunters Hill with his wife Melissa and two children Xavier and Adelaide.
One only needs to glimpse Sam's profile to realise one mentally-disturbed individual. For example, he lists RATM under music (whom he also probably regurgitates his political opinion from), has an arbitrary image of the illegal vandalism of the Opera House, and lists Michael Moore as a hero. Yes, MICHAEL MOORE. There are left-wing loonies, then there is "Sam". It is only fitting he support the Fabian Marxist Labor Party.
Check it out. You will find that Bob Brown the Leader of The Australian Greens has joined Expose The Greens. Perhaps he wants people to know The Greens are not really an Environmental Party but a Party with "Communistic Values."
Ice addict slams Greens From: The Daily Telegraph March 16, 2007 A FORMER ice addict has hit out at the Greens policy to legalise the drug, saying it would send the wrong message.
The warning came as Greens MP Lee Rhiannon accused Premier Morris Iemma of double standards in attacking her party’s soft stance on ice, saying the Government was already effectively decriminalising the deadly drug.
In a bizarre twist to the methamphetamine debate, Ms Rhiannon urged the Government to openly trumpet its own policies, which the Greens endorse.
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what a mess kevin rudd has turned this country into.
i miss john howard.
PLEASE be the leader of the liberal party joe. People really will connect with you and imo you have to be leader before next election campaign for Liberals to win it back.
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If you are interested about Exposing The Greens or simply just finding out what they really are. You are welcome to visit my Myspace site. www.myspace.com/exposethegreens
If you are interested about Exposing The Greens or simply just finding out what they really are. You are welcome to visit my Myspace site. www.myspace.com/exposethegreens
Check out the photos if you like. They are in my photo album called The State Of Ruffey Creek.
If you don't like the state of Ruffey Creek in the Manningham Council area you can send them an email to the following adress:
manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au
As you will see from the photos (Ruffey Creek between King Street and Williamsons Road, Templestowe) the state of the creek is an absolute disgrace and needs urgen attention to remove litter and weeds to enable the creek to function normally and sustain native wildlife.
My family walk along this stretch of the creek nearly every day, and even though the council mow the grass it appears they do little to maintain the health of the creek for the natural fauna and flora.
well - a couple of months at the reigns and we have a world recession apparently on the go! The Australian public really didn't think that voting thing through did they????? Hope all is going well mate. Keep up the great work
Congratulations on getting re-elected in North Sydney Joe. This loss overall is just a temporary hickup to allow the younger liberal/nationals to go through the ranks and lead this country again in 3 years. Your work over the years (including workchoices) has helped average working Australians like myself. Chin up mate!
