10 Facts About Terry Aulich

Terry Aulich was elected in the 1976 Tasmanian election and then re-elected in 1979, before being defeated in 1982.

In 1982 Terry Aulich was appointed by the National Executive of the Australian Labor Party to be the State Secretary of the Tasmanian ALP with a brief to rewrite party rules, increase membership and rebuild the finances of the State Branch.

Terry Aulich was re-elected in 1987, but defeated in the 1993 election, his term as Senator expiring on 30 June 1993.

Terry Aulich's defeat was due to a preselection which demoted him to an unwinnable position on the ALP ticket.

Terry Aulich chaired the ALP caucus committee which recommended to Cabinet that gay people should legally be permitted to enter or remain in the Armed Forces.

In 1993 Terry Aulich set up Terry Aulich and Co, strategic advisors to a large number of corporate and not-for-profit organisations such as IBM, AMCOR, Glaxo-Wellcome, the Biometrics Institute.

Terry Aulich was Chair of the Clubs NSW Code Authority and the Privacy Committee of the Association of Market and Social Research Organisations.

Terry Aulich was Senior Vice President of Professions Australia until 2012 and chaired the Biometrics Institute's Privacy Committee.

Terry Aulich later became chief executive officer of national organisations in the education sector and in 2009 was appointed chief executive officer of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors which represents cost managers in the construction industry across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Terry Aulich was a guest speaker at conferences in both Paris and London, speaking about the challenges of privacy protection and new technologies.