| 词条 | Neal Blewett |
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = Neal Blewett | honorific-suffix = AC | image = Neal Blewett.jpg | constituency_MP = Bonython | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = Martin Nicholls | successor = Martyn Evans | term_start = 10 December 1977 | term_end = 11 February 1994 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1933|10|24}} | birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Jill Blewett (m.1962-d.1988) | partner = Robert Brain (1989-present) | party = Australian Labor Party | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = University of Tasmania Jesus College, Oxford | occupation = Academic | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Neal Blewett, AC (born 24 October 1933), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Bonython, South Australia from 1977 to 1994. Education and academic careerBorn in Launceston, Tasmania, Blewett was educated at Launceston High School and the University of Tasmania, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Diploma of Education. Blewett received a Rhodes Scholarship and studied PPE at Jesus College, Oxford between 1957 and 1959 for a further BA (later converted to a Master of Arts).[1] He also obtained a DPhil in political science. In 1974, he was appointed professor of politics at Flinders University in South Australia, until 1977 when he ran for parliament. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tasmania in 1998. Political careerWhen Labor under Bob Hawke won government in the 1983 election, Blewett was made Minister for Health. In 1987, with the introduction of "super-departments", he gained additional responsibilities as Minister for Community Services and Health. As Health Minister, he oversaw many important reforms such as the implementation of the Medicare universal health scheme, the Disability Services Act 1986, a 'Drug Offensive' which included tobacco smoking and alcohol, and a national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS. The strategy included a major education and advertising campaign (including the famous 'Grim Reaper' advertisements[2]), and anti-discrimination legislation against HIV/AIDS sufferers.[3] In 1990, he became Minister for Trade and Overseas Development. Blewett supported Paul Keating in his successful 1991 leadership challenge against Hawke, and when Keating became Prime Minister, Blewett became Minister for Social Security until he resigned from politics in 1994, sparking a Bonython by-election.[4] Post-political careerIn 1994, Neal Blewett was appointed Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, as which he served until 1998. At the same time, he was on the Executive Council of the World Health Organization. Returning to Australia in 1998, he became President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and a visiting professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. In 2002, he was appointed as President of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia. In 1999, he published A Cabinet Diary: A Personal Record of the First Keating Government 1991–93, his memoirs which detailed his time on the frontbench of the Keating government. HonoursNeal Blewett has received honorary degrees from the University of Tasmania, the University of Hull and the Australian National University. He was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College Oxford in 1998.[1] In 1995, he was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to Australian society.[3] Personal lifeNeal Blewett was married for 26 years to Jill Blewett, a renowned Australian playwright, with whom he had two children. Jill died when she was accidentally electrocuted in their home in October 1988.[5] Blewett revealed he was homosexual in a May 2000 issue of The Age's Good Weekend magazine, which profiled his relationship with long-term partner Robert Brain, whom he had met as a university student 50 years previously. The couple live in Leura in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.[6] Brain and Blewett moved in together in 1989, after which Blewett successfully sued a radio station and two doctors for claiming that he was imposing wrong AIDS policy because he was gay and because the gay community would not support a more appropriate policy. The defence argued that calling someone gay was not defamatory, but this argument was rejected. The defamation was that Blewett had imposed the wrong AIDS policy on Australia because he was gay and had refused to take the right action that gays wouldn’t like. This was found to be false and defamatory.[7] Publications
References{{Portal|South Australia|LGBT}}1. ^1 Fellows' News, Jesus College Record (1998/9) (p.12) {{s-start}}{{s-par|au}}{{succession box | title=Member for Bonython|before=Martin Nicholls|after=Martyn Evans| years=1977–1994}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef| before = Jim Carlton }}{{s-ttl| title = Minister for Health2. ^AIDS Pioneer Regrets "Grim Reaper" Demonization of Gay Men, The Body, 3 October 2002. 3. ^1 Neal Blewett: Citation for an Honorary Degree, Australian National University. 4. ^Stinging words for cabinet colleagues in Blewett diaries, The 7.30 Report (ABC TV), 27 August 1999. 5. ^Former Cabinet Minister Comes Out, gay.com, 31 May 2000. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 6. ^David Mills: "Quiet outings", Sydney Star Observer, 10 April 2003. Retrieved on 18 April 2012. 7. ^Crikey. Retrieved 2 May 2016 | years = 1983–1987 }}{{s-aft|rows= 2|after= Brian Howe }}{{s-bef| before = Chris Hurford }}{{s-ttl| title = Minister for Community Services and Health| years = 1987–1990 }}{{succession box | title= Minister for Trade and Overseas Development |before=Michael Duffy|after=John Kerin| years=1990–1991}}{{succession box | title= Minister for Social Security |before=Graham Richardson|after=PeterBaldwin| years=1991–1993}}{{s-dip}}{{succession box | title=Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom|before=Richard Smith|after=Philip Flood| years=1994–1998}}{{s-end}}{{First Keating Ministry}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blewett, Neal}} 16 : 1933 births|Living people|Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia|Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bonython|Members of the Australian House of Representatives|Companions of the Order of Australia|Australian Rhodes Scholars|Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford|Australian political scientists|Gay politicians|LGBT legislators in Australia|People from Launceston, Tasmania|High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom|Permanent Representatives of Australia to the International Maritime Organization|20th-century Australian politicians|Former government ministers of Australia |
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