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Barry Jones (former Head APPEA)
Barry Jones is the former chief executive of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA). Dirty Dozen In a speech given in Adelaide on 20 February 2006, Clive Hamilton (director of The Australia Institute) identified Jones as one of Australia's climate change "dirty dozen" (or Greenhouse Mafia), a group of climate change deniers with considerable influence over Australian Government policy (others are : Hugh Morgan, John Eyles ( AIGN), Ron Knapp, Alan Oxley, Peter Walsh, Chris Mitchell, Meg McDonald, Barry Jones (former head APPEA), Ian MacFarlane, Alan Moran, Malcolm Broomhead, and John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...). References External links APPEA Home Page Oil and Gas Industry farewells Jones Australian chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Executive
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution. CEOs find roles in a range of organizations, including public and private corporations, non-profit organizations and even some government organizations (notably state-owned enterprises). The CEO of a corporation or company typically reports to the board of directors and is charged with maximizing the value of the business, which may include maximizing the share price, market share, revenues or another element. In the non-profit and government sector, CEOs typically aim at achieving outcomes related to the organization's mission, usually provided by legislation. CEOs are also frequently assigned the role of main manager of the organization and the highest-ranking o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walsh (Australian Politician)
Peter Alexander Walsh (11 March 193510 April 2015) was an Australian senator and Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the la ... politician from 1974 to 1993. Walsh grew up in Doodlakine, Western Australia, where he was a wheat and sheep farmer. He was elected to the Australian Senate in 1974, and served as Minister for Resources and Energy (Australia), Minister for Resources and Energy from 1983 to 1984 and Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Australia), Finance Minister from 1984 to 1990. He was noted for his pro-free market views. In his 1995 memoirs, ''Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister'', Walsh was critical of his colleagues and of political processes in general for failing to curb what he saw as wasteful government expenditure, and unnecessary governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Chief Executives
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies, who served for eighteen non-consecutive years. Howard was born in Sydney and studied law at the University of Sydney. He was a commercial lawyer before entering parliament. A former federal president of the Young Liberals, he first stood for office at the 1968 New South Wales state election, but lost narrowly. At the 1974 federal election, Howard was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Bennelong. He was promoted to cabinet in 1977, and later in the year replaced Phillip Lynch as treasurer of Australia, remaining in that position until the defeat of Malcolm Fraser's government at the 1983 election. In 1985, Howard was elected leader of the Liberal Party for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Broomhead
Malcolm William Broomhead (born 11 September 1952) is an Australian businessman who has held various directorships and senior positions in the Australian engineering, industrial and resources sectors. As of 2018, he is a director of BHP and Chairman of Orica. Journalist Andrew Crook wrote of Broomhead in 2012 that "nobody is more connected in Australian business". Career Broomhead attained a BE and an MBA at the University of Queensland in the 1980s. During his career in the engineering, industrial and resources sectors, Broomhead held senior management positions with Halcrow (UK), MIM Holdings, Peko-Wallsend, Industrial Equity and North Limited. At North Limited, he acted as managing director and chief executive officer. Broomhead was appointed managing director and Chief Executive of Orica Limited in 2001; a position he held until September 2005. He left Orica in 2005 to undertake treatment for cancer. In the late 2000s, he acted as Chairman of Asciano Limited (2009-2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Moran
Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Alan (Chinese singer) (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in both China and Japan *Alan (Mexican singer) (born 1973), Mexican singer and actor *Alan (wrestler) (born 1975), a.k.a. Gato Eveready, who wrestles in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración *Alan (footballer, born 1979) (Alan Osório da Costa Silva), Brazilian footballer * Alan (footballer, born 1998) (Alan Cardoso de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *Alan I, King of Brittany (died 907), "the Great" * Alan II, Duke of Brittany (c. 900–952) *Alan III, Duke of Brittany(997–1040) *Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (c. 1063–1119), a.k.a. Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) *Alan of Tewkesbury, 12th century abbott * Alan of Lynn (c. 1348–1423), 15th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian MacFarlane (politician)
Ian Elgin Macfarlane (born 5 April 1955) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2016, representing the Liberal Party. He served as a minister in the Howard and Abbott Governments. Macfarlane was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was a farmer before entering politics. He was elected to parliament at the 1998 federal election, representing the Division of Groom. Macfarlane was appointed Minister for Small Business in January 2001. After the 2001 election, he was made Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, a position he held until the Howard Government's defeat at the 2007 election. Macfarlane returned to cabinet in 2013 as Minister for Industry (later Industry and Science) in the Abbott Government. He lost his position when Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister in September 2015, and retired from politics at the 2016 election. He is currently chief executive of the Queensland Resources Council. Early life Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Jones (former Head APPEA)
Barry Jones is the former chief executive of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA). Dirty Dozen In a speech given in Adelaide on 20 February 2006, Clive Hamilton (director of The Australia Institute) identified Jones as one of Australia's climate change "dirty dozen" (or Greenhouse Mafia), a group of climate change deniers with considerable influence over Australian Government policy (others are : Hugh Morgan, John Eyles ( AIGN), Ron Knapp, Alan Oxley, Peter Walsh, Chris Mitchell, Meg McDonald, Barry Jones (former head APPEA), Ian MacFarlane, Alan Moran, Malcolm Broomhead, and John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...). References External links APPEA Home Page Oil and Gas Industry farewells Jones Australian chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg McDonald
Margaret Allison "Meg" McDonald (born June 12, 1988) is an American voice actress working for Sentai Filmworks and Funimation. Some of McDonald's major roles in anime are Rikka Takanashi from the '' Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' series, Miho Nishizumi in ''Girls und Panzer'', Saika Totsuka in the '' My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected'' series, Mei Sagara in '' Nakaimo - My Sister Is Among Them!'', Haruka Saigusa in ''Little Busters!'', Harumi Taniguchi in ''Citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as Orange (fruit), oranges, Lemon, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and lim ...'' and Tamako Kitashirakawa in '' Tamako Market''. Anime Film References External links * * American voice actresses Living people 21st-century American actresses People from Sugar Land, Texas 1988 births {{US-voice-actor-1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Mitchell (journalist)
Christopher John Mitchell is an Australian journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of ''The Australian'' from 2002 to 2015. Journalism career In 1973 Mitchell began his career as a 17-year-old cadet on the former afternoon Brisbane tabloid, ''The Telegraph''. After working at the ''Townsville Bulletin'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Australian Financial Review'', he joined ''The Australian'' in 1984. He turned down a dentistry scholarship to pursue a career in newspapers. In 1992, aged 35, Mitchell was appointed editor of ''The Australian''. In 1995 he became editor-in-chief of Queensland Newspapers. In the role, he had editorial oversight of ''The Cairns Post'', ''Townsville Bulletin'' and ''Gold Coast Bulletin''. In 2002 he returned to ''The Australian'' as editor-in-chief. Mitchell retired from the position in December 2015. Prior to his retirement, Mitchell had completed 42 years as a journalist with 24 of those years as an editor. Rupert Murdoch praised his contrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Oxley
Alan Oxley is an Australian diplomat. Biography Oxley worked for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and sometimes in the United Nations in both New York City and Geneva. He became an ambassador to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1985 and served there till 1989 until he got a job as a chairman of its contracting parties and of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. He is also a founder of a non-profit organization called World Growth {{Unreferenced, date=May 2022 The World Growth Institute is an international non-government organization that is a think tank for economic growth issues. Staff and contributing fellows comprise former trade diplomats and other government officials ... and appeared in various newspapers and news networks. On October 27, 2010, he was accused by many scientists of misrepresentation. References Living people 20th-century births Permanent Representatives of Australia to the World Trade Organization Year of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Petroleum Production And Exploration Association
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, known as APPEA, is an Australian industry association representing companies which explore and produce oil and gas in Australia. APPEA is a non-profit organisation. The organisation was originally established in 1959 and previously used the acronym APEA (Australian Petroleum Exploration Association). It is the peak national body representing the collective interests of the upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry. The association has more than 80 full member companies that explore for and produce Australia's oil and gas A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of dead plants and animals that is extracted and combustion, burned as a fuel. The main fossil fuels are coal, petroleum, oil, and natura ... resources. APPEA also represents more than 250 associate member companies that provide a wide range of goods and services to the upst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
