Nigel Scullion

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Biographical Details

Full Name: Nigel Gregory Scullion
Party: Country Liberal Party
Date of Birth: 4 May 1956
Place of Birth: London, England
Marital Status: Married with 3 children

Education: Higher School Certificate – Deakin High Canberra

Qualifications:
Professional Fisherman
Marine Skippers Ticket – Master 5 Trading and Fishing
Graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program

Principal Occupations prior to entering Parliament

• Surgical Dresser (inside theatre)

• Many years in the mining industry from Field Assistant/Geophysical Observer to Manager drilling and exploration programs
• Professional Fisherman and owner/operator of marine service industries including commercial fishing, charters for research, surveillance and recreational fishing, marine engineering and marine security.

• Chairman of the Northern Territory Seafood Council
• Chairman of the Northern Territory Seafood and Maritime Training Advisory Board
• Chairman of the Australian Seafood Industry Council
• Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the International Coalition of Fisheries Association
• Company Director

Interests

• Hunting
• Fishing
• Diving
• Hiking
• Photography
• Clay Target Shooting

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the Senate for the Northern Territory on 29/11/01
Re-elected for a second term on 9/10/04
(Territory Senators serve for the same term as the House of Representatives)

Minister Scullion’s responsibilities are:

• Implementation and monitoring of
• Commonwealth/State Housing Agreement;
• Supported Accommodation Assistance Programme;
• National Housing Research;
• Household Organisation Management Programme; and
• Support for Community Housing Sectors.
• Day to day responsibility for disability employment programmes, including business services.
• Implementation and monitoring of Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement.
• All aspects of community disaster recovery (consulting with Minister Brough where significant matters of policy arise).
• Youth matters, such as youth policy, research and activities to promote engagement of youth, as well as Youth Roundtable, including Indigenous Youth Leadership National Youth Week, and Youth programmes such as Reconnect, Mentor Marketplace, Youthlinx, Newly Arrived Support Services, and Transition to Independent Living Allowance.
• Implementation of FaCSIA mental health measures.
• Carer policy.
• Volunteering policy.
• Implementing and monitoring Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRA’s).

Committee Membership

Committees

• Inter-Parliamentary Union - IPU
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - CPA
• Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum - APPF
• Australia/Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group
• Australia/Ireland Parliamentary Friendship Group
• Chairman - East Timor International Parliamentary Union (from 1/7/02)
• Chairman - Australia-East Timor Parliamentary Friendship Group
• Chairman - Black Spot Road Funding Committee - Northern Territory (From 2002)

Previous Committees

Party Positions

Member, Country Liberal Party Management Committee