Barry James O'Sullivan was born on 24 March 1957 and is an Australian politician who was a senator for Queensland from 11 February 2014 until 30 June 2019.
20 Facts About Barry O'Sullivan
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Barry O'Sullivan is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the Nationals in federal parliament.
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Barry O'Sullivan was elected to a three-year term at the 2016 federal election.
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Barry O'Sullivan was educated at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School at Wandal and the Christian Brothers' College, Rockhampton.
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Barry O'Sullivan's career commenced in Brisbane serving in Inala, the City Beat, the Metro Criminal Investigation Bureau, the Burglary Unit, the Fraud Squad and the Drug Squad.
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Barry O'Sullivan was provided a research grant to attend the United States' FBI Academy to study the profiling of serial offenders.
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Barry O'Sullivan was appointed acting staff officer to the assistant commissioner in the central region, having the responsibility of supervising the project that restructured the framework of the Queensland Police Service in line with the Fitzgerald recommendations.
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In 1990 Barry O'Sullivan worked with the Corrective Services Commission by the Queensland Public Service to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations from the Black Deaths in Custody Royal Commission and the Kennedy Review into Queensland prisons.
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Over some fifteen years of police service, Barry O'Sullivan was awarded two imperial honours: the Bronze Medal for Bravery; and the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
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Barry O'Sullivan was awarded the commissioner's Commendation for Bravery, the commissioner's Commendation for Service, and twice obtained the commissioner's Favourable Record.
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On 6 August 2014, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Barry O'Sullivan owned 50 properties, making his property portfolio the largest of any parliamentarian in Canberra.
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Barry O'Sullivan served in that role during the 2008 merger until his pre-selection to the Senate seat vacated by Barnaby Joyce, who had resigned to contest the House of Representatives seat of New England at the 2013 federal election.
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Barry O'Sullivan served on the Candidate Review Committee between 2009 and 2013, going on to be appointed chair of the committee in 2010.
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In mid-2012, Barry O'Sullivan was appointed by Queensland public works minister Bruce Flegg to conduct an audit of two state government agencies, GoPrint and GoPlant.
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Premier Campbell Newman conceded that Barry O'Sullivan's appointment was inappropriate, and that he was not aware of the appointment until it was reported in the media, but stressed that Barry O'Sullivan was not paid for his work.
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Barry O'Sullivan was appointed to the Senate by the Queensland Parliament on 11 February 2014.
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In 2017 when Cory Bernardi moved a motion to ban abortion on gender grounds Barry O'Sullivan was one of the ten who voted yes on the motion.
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Barry O'Sullivan released a draft bill to enable a royal commission into the banking sector.
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In July 2018, Barry O'Sullivan was defeated for LNP preselection by Susan McDonald.
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Barry O'Sullivan married Annie Van Lathum of Barcaldine in 1976.