1. John Robert Rau SC was born on 20 March 1959 and is an Australian barrister and politician.
17 Facts About John Rau
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John Rau was the 12th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 2011 to 2018 and 48th Attorney-General of South Australia from 2010 to 2018 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party in the Weatherill cabinet.
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John Rau was admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1981.
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John Rau worked as an adviser to Hawke government ministers Mick Young, Michael Tate and Neal Blewett from 1985 to 1988.
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John Rau served as a Commonwealth nominee on the South Australian Legal Services Commission.
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John Rau has served on the ALP State and National Executives.
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John Rau joined the independent bar and Murray Chambers in 1997.
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John Rau has appeared as counsel in the South Australian Industrial Relations Commission, the South Australian Industrial Relations Court, the Workers Compensation Tribunal, the Supreme Court of South Australia, the District Court of South Australia and the Federal Court of Australia.
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Clarke ran as an independent Labor candidate, receiving a respectable 23 percent of the vote; however, Clarke narrowly fell short of overtaking John Rau and winning the seat on Liberal preferences.
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John Rau easily won the seat with a 35.9 percent primary and 65.9 percent two-party vote.
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The 2006 state election saw John Rau retain Enfield with a 63.4 percent primary and 74.5 percent two-party vote.
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At the 2010 state election, John Rau suffered a swing to finish with a 52.6 percent primary and 60.5 percent two-party vote.
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John Rau became Attorney-General when Michael Atkinson stepped down from the position following the 2010 election.
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John Rau expressed approval for the introduction of an R18+ video games classification following the resignation of Atkinson.
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John Rau appeared to be taking a different view to his predecessor and considered allowing an introduction of an R18+ classification.
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In February 2011, John Rau was elevated to Deputy Premier following the resignation of Kevin Foley from the position.
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On 22 November 2016, John Rau was appointed a Senior Counsel by the Supreme Court of South Australia.