Helen Coonan
Competition Policy and Deregulation. She represents the Shadow Treasurer in the Senate.
She commenced her political career following a diverse legal career that spanned establishing her own legal firm, partnership in a large commercial law firm, practise as a commercial barrister in Australia and as a registered New York Attorney. Senator Coonan was first elected as Liberal Senator for New South Wales in 1996, re-elected in 2001 and again in 2007. Under the Howard Government, she served firstly as Assistant Treasurer and went on to become the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
Senator Coonan loves art, the theatre, live music and her iPhone and lives in Sydney with her family and two dogs, Archie and Grace.
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Hey Wayne, show me the money problem with our ETS
In conventional Wayne Swan fashion, he was triumphant as he unveiled Treasury’s stern rebuttal of Frontier Economics research report into…... Read more
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