Alan Peter Steedman was an Australian journalist and politician.
16 Facts About Peter Steedman
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Peter Steedman represented the Australian Labor Party in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1984, holding the Victorian seat of Casey.
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At Melbourne University Steedman edited Farrago, the Melbourne University Student Union paper.
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Peter Steedman travelled to the United Kingdom, where in the early 1970s he was managing editor of Oz magazine during the period when the principal editors were facing the longest trial in British criminal history, for conspiracy to corrupt public morals.
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In September 1982, Peter Steedman won ALP preselection for the Division of Casey.
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Peter Steedman was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1983 federal election, defeating the incumbent Liberal MP Peter Falconer.
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In parliament, Peter Steedman attracted attention for wearing jeans and a leather jacket to sittings of the House.
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Peter Steedman used parliamentary privilege on several occasions to allege that members of the Liberal and National parties were neo-Nazis, notably accusing Senator Florence Bjelke-Petersen of associating with a man he described as "one of Australia's most notorious Nazis and Hitler lovers".
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Peter Steedman was an unsuccessful candidate for ALP preselection at the 1986 Scullin by-election.
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Peter Steedman's candidacy brought him into conflict with former state secretary Bill Hartley, who made public comments disparaging him.
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Peter Steedman was later defeated by Jenny Macklin for preselection in Jagajaga prior to the 1996 federal election.
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Peter Steedman remained involved in the ALP as a delegate to state and national conferences.
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Peter Steedman was the executive director of Ausmusic from 1988 to 1996.
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Peter Steedman later coordinated a campaign to revive the Healesville railway line as a tourist line servicing the Yarra Valley.
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Peter Steedman previously owned a 4-hectare property in Hurstbridge, Victoria, with his wife Julie Reiter, a potter.
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Peter Steedman bought the property in the 1970s from playwright David Williamson, a university friend.