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Born in and was awarded the degrees of Bachelor Of Arts and Bachelor Of Economics with honours. QUEENSLAND STATE POLITICS Mr Santoro was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as Member for Merthyr in Brisbane from 13 May 1989 until 19 September 1992 . He was then elected as State Member for Clayfield from 19 September 1992 until he was defeated on 17 February 2001 by Liddy Clark . From 26 February 1996 to 26 June 1998 , he was the State Minister for Training and Industrial Relations. AUSTRALIAN SENATE On . As a Senator, Santoro was a strident critic of the '', 14 August 2003 . Santoro was sworn in as Federal Minister for Ageing in John Howard 's government on 27 January 2006 . SHARE TRADING SCANDAL AND RESIGNATION March 2007 saw a tumultuous two weeks in Parliament, with both sides of the House accusing the other of unethical behaviour. Ten days after Human Services Minister ), 13 March 2007 . However, further controversy arose over the fate of the profits derived from the sale of the shares in question – Santoro claimed he had donated the proceeds of the sale to a "charity", the Family Council of Queensland, which was revealed not to be a registered charity, but a pro-family lobby group which had been responsible for giving Senator Santoro the shares in the first place.Kathryn Roberts: Senator Santoro's 'charity' not a charity , ''PM'' ( ABC Local Radio ), 13 March 2007 . It was subsequently found during an audit of his finances that Santoro had failed to declare 72 other share trades, and he resigned from the ministry on '', 16 March 2007 ., to be replaced by Christopher Pyne . The failures to declare his share trading were in breach of Australian Senate 's requirement that Senators' interests be registered, viz: "Any alteration to a senator’s registrable interests, or those of the senator’s spouse or partner, or dependent children, must be notified to the registrar within 35 days of the change occurring." Parliament of Australia: Senate: Registration of Senators' Interests On '', 20 March 2007 . He was replaced by Sue Boyce , according to changes made by the 1977 Australian Referendum to section 15 of the Constitution http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/constitution/par2cha1.htm, in the same way that he was appointed to the Senate in the first place. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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