1. Julian John James McGauran was born on 5 March 1957 and is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the Australian Senate, representing the state of Victoria.
21 Facts About Julian McGauran
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Julian McGauran obtained a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University, then becoming a Certified Practising Accountant and then a company director for the McGauran Group of Companies, and a board member of the Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry between 1986 and 1988.
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Julian McGauran won National Party preselection for a Senate seat in the 1987 double-dissolution election, and was elected.
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On 2 November 1989, Julian McGauran introduced the End of War List into the Senate.
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Julian McGauran was a strong advocate for the freedom of East Timor.
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Julian McGauran campaigned from 1993 through to 1999 for the East Timor cause against the then-policy of the major parties.
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In November 2000, Julian McGauran called for an inquiry into an incident at the Royal Women's Hospital where an abortion was performed on a 32-week-old fetus.
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Julian McGauran argued a possible breach of the Victorian Crimes Act which creates an offence of child destruction after 28 weeks gestation had occurred.
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In 2001, Julian McGauran became the first Federal MP to join the Australian Army as part of the Federal Government's MP exchange program.
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Julian McGauran Joined 2RAR on exercise at Jimma training base in Queensland.
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Julian McGauran retained National Party pre-selection after media reports suggested the federal coalition agreement would be endangered if he lost, and thus gained the guaranteed second position on the joint Liberal-National ticket and was re-elected.
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In 2004, the Julian McGauran family bankrolled the Democratic Labor Party's High Court challenge against the Australian Electoral Commission which was forcing the political party under threat of deregistration to disclose party membership details.
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In 2005, Julian McGauran was accused of releasing to The Age newspaper the private patient records of a woman who had had an abortion, in breach of a Supreme Court suppression order; however, he denies this accusation.
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The then Victoria Health Minister, Bronwyn Pike, is quoted in the article as saying that Julian McGauran was "exploiting this woman in pursuit of his own ideological agenda", describing the act as an assault on the doctor-patient relationship.
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On 23 January 2006, Julian McGauran announced that he was resigning from the National Party and would apply to join the Liberal Party.
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Julian McGauran said there was no longer any significant policy difference between the Nationals and Liberals in Victoria at a federal level, and that he would be best able to represent rural Victorians as a member of the Liberal Party.
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In 2009, Julian McGauran was the first to speak up against the Liberal policy supporting the Government's Emissions Trading Scheme.
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Julian McGauran said he would not vote for the scheme in any form, in defiance of the then-Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull.
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Julian McGauran described the movie as "a paedophile's treat" and a "handbook for deviants".
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On 21 June 2011, Julian McGauran delivered his valedictory speech to the Senate.
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Julian McGauran has taught at Marcellin College and Santa Maria College in Melbourne.