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About Arch Bevis

The Hon. Arch Bevis MP
Federal Member for Brisbane

In March 1990, Arch was elected the Member for Brisbane in the Hawke/Keating Labor Government.

Following his re-election in 1993 Arch was appointed Chairperson of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology . As chairperson Arch presented a major report on Government purchasing policy which resulted in widespread changes to assist local employment and industry.

In April 1994 Arch was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence with portfolio responsibilities for Defence Reserves, Emergency Management Australia and the development of defence guidelines for Australian industry involvement.

After the March 1996 election Arch was appointed Shadow Minister for Defence by the new Beazley-led Labor Opposition.

Arch was re-elected in the 1998 election, and became the Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations until the 2001 election.

Since the 2001 election, Arch served on the Employment and Workplace Relations Committee to 2004 and the Joint House/Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee.

Following the 2004 election, Arch was appointed to a new role as the Shadow Minister for Defence Planning, Procurement and Personnel and the Assistant Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations in October that year.

In June 2005, Arch was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Homeland Security; Aviation and Transport Security. In December of 2006 a change to the front bench has resulted in Arch adding Territories to his portfolio. Following a further change in March 2007, Arch added Justice and Customs to his portfolio, and served as the Shadow Minister for Homeland Security, Territories, Justice and Customs until the 2007 election.

Arch was re-elected as the Member for Brisbane at the 2007 election with an increased margin and was appointed Chairperson of the Joint Intelligence and Security Committee and Chairperson of the Defence Sub-Committee.