12 Facts About Paul Landa

David Paul Landa, QC was an Australian politician.

Paul Landa was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1984, and the member for Peats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1984.

Paul Landa was a government minister from 1976 to 1984.

Paul Landa became a solicitor in 1964 and was admitted to the bar in 1974.

Paul Landa was the nephew of Abe Landa, who was a NSW Government Minister.

In 1973, Paul Landa was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member.

Paul Landa became Minister for Industrial Relations in 1976, although later that year he became the Minister for Planning and Environment and became vice-president of the Executive Council.

Paul Landa became Education Minister in 1980, Energy Minister in 1981 and Attorney General in 1983.

Paul Landa was Minister for the Environment in 1979 when he and the majority of NSW Cabinet Members travelled to Terania Creek in northern NSW to investigate the reasons behind the presence of around 300 protesters, and 100 police, at Terania Creek.

When he became Minister for Education in 1980 Paul Landa distributed native trees to schools to enable the planting of native tree groves, including rainforest groves, in school grounds as a means of providing hands on environmental education to school children.

Paul Landa died at Vaucluse, while playing tennis, on 24 November 1984.

At a time when protecting the environment was seen as radical, controversial and largely unnecessary, Paul Landa was a leader in environmental protection and education.