Peter George Dodd (born 31 October 1953) was an Australian politician. He was an

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member of the

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from 1993 to 1996, representing the

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seat of

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. Dodd was born in Sydney and graduated with degrees in arts and law from the

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and in economics from the

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. He became a solicitor in New South Wales, working for Legal Aid and also serving as an adviser to the then Labor state government. He later moved to Queensland, working for Legal Aid and the Public Trustee in Cairns and operating his own private legal practice there. In 1993, Dodd was elected to the

as the

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member for the

seat of

. He was aligned with the party's

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faction. Dodd was a member of the Joint Statutory Committee on the

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and the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. He had sought the latter committee placement due to his electorate including the

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. He was sharply critical of the Liberal opposition's response to the ''Mabo'' High Court decision on

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, claiming their "consultative committee" was a "belated public relations exercise doomed to failure" with a predetermined outcome. He strongly supported the introduction of native title legislation and the creation of a Torres Strait Regional Authority. He was defeated at the 1996 federal election by

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Warren Entsch Warren George Entsch is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007 and since 2010, representing the Division of Leichhardt. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and si ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dodd, Peter Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Leichhardt Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1953 births Living people 20th-century Australian politicians