Phillip Neville Honeywood (born 26 April 1960) is a former

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n politician.

Early Life

Born in

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, he received his Higher School Certificate in 1977 and the following year was a

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student to Gakushuin High School in

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. He was an executive for International Express Company in Japan in 1982, and was executive assistant to the

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in 1983. In 1984 he received his

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(Honours) from the

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Career

In 1985 he became an Industrial Relations Officer with

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, and in 1986 became president of the

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branch of the Young Liberals, and was also a member of the

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's Youth Affairs Policy Committee. He was finance director of the Young Liberal Movement in 1987.

Politics

In 1988 he was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the marginal

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-held state seat of

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in Victoria. He was successful in winning the seat, becoming the only Liberal candidate to defeat a Labor incumbent member in that election. When the

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won government in Victoria in 1992 under

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, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Ethnic Affairs until 1996, when he was promoted to the ministry as Minister for Tertiary Education and Training. When the Coalition lost government in 1999 he became Shadow Minister for Education, moving to Multicultural Affairs for part of 2002, and Employment and Industry in 2002. In 2002 he became Deputy Leader of the Opposition, holding various shadow ministerial positions including Environment, Scrutiny of Government and Policy Coordination. He stood down as Deputy Leader in March 2006 and retired at the election in November. Honeywood became very popular in his east Melbourne electorate, to the point that even as the Liberals were decimated in 2002, he retained his seat comfortably, and even won enough votes on the first count to retain the seat without the need for preferences. Since retiring from full-time politics in 2006, Honeywood was Marketing Director and CEO at Stott's Business College and Cambridge International College in Melbourne, Australia. Honeywood also served two terms on the Governing Council of Swinburne University of Technology. Honeywood became Chief Executive of th
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in November 2011. Phil is currently a member of the TEQSA Advisory Council, New Colombo Plan Steering Committee, Education Visa Consultative Committee and the Coordinating Council for International Education. He is also a volunteer adviser to the Bennelong Philanthropic Foundation.

References

1960 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Politicians from Sydney Australian National University alumni 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub