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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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|office = [[Minister for Indigenous Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs]]
|office = [[Minister for Indigenous Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs]]
| primeminister = [[Bob Hawke]]<br>[[Paul Keating]]
| primeminister = [[Bob Hawke]]<br />[[Paul Keating]]
|predecessor = [[Gerry Hand]]
|predecessor = [[Gerry Hand]]
|successor = [[John Herron (Australian politician)|John Herron]]
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| birth_place = [[Sydney, New South Wales]]
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'''Robert Edward Tickner''' (born 24 December 1951) is a former Australian Labor Party cabinet minister. He became Chief Executive Officer of the [[Australian Red Cross]] in February 2005.
'''Robert Edward Tickner''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 24 December 1951) is a former Australian Labor Party cabinet minister. He was Chief Executive Officer of the [[Australian Red Cross]] from February 2005 to July 2015.


Born in [[Sydney]], Tickner was educated at the [[University of Sydney]]. Prior to entering parliament, he worked as a university lecturer at the [[University of Technology, Sydney|NSW Institute of Technology]] from 1974 to 1979, then as principal solicitor for the NSW Aboriginal Legal Service from 1979 to 1984.<ref>Linked In Public Profile, ''[https://au.linkedin.com/pub/robert-tickner/17/ab4/266 Robert Tickner]'', Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref>
Born in [[Sydney]], Tickner was adopted. He later searched for his birth mother after the birth of his own son.<ref name=":0" /> He was educated at the [[University of Sydney]]. Prior to entering parliament, he worked as a university lecturer at the [[University of Technology, Sydney|NSW Institute of Technology]] from 1974 to 1979, then as principal solicitor for the NSW Aboriginal Legal Service from 1979 to 1984.<ref>Linked In Public Profile, ''[https://au.linkedin.com/pub/robert-tickner/17/ab4/266 Robert Tickner]'', Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref>


Tickner was one of the early and influential members of [[Friends of the Earth Australia]] in Sydney in 1975, being the lease owner of a three-storey terrace on Crown St, Surry Hills which became the FoE Sydney bookshop and office. He was convenor of the FoE urban campaign which opposed the Sydney City Council's inappropriate high rise development.<ref>Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 17 ''[http://www.foe.org.au/sites/default/files/30Years-book-FoE-Australia%209MB.pdf Thirty Years of Creative Resistance]''. Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref>
Tickner was one of the early and influential members of [[Friends of the Earth Australia]] in Sydney in 1975, being the lease owner of a three-storey terrace on Crown St, Surry Hills which became the FoE Sydney bookshop and office. He was convenor of the FoE urban campaign which opposed the Sydney City Council's inappropriate high rise development.<ref>Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 17 ''[http://www.foe.org.au/sites/default/files/30Years-book-FoE-Australia%209MB.pdf Thirty Years of Creative Resistance]''. Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref>


From 1977 to 1984 he was elected as a Labor Councillor on the [[Sydney City Council]],<ref name=aph>{{cite web
From 1977 to 1984 he was elected as a Labor Councillor on the [[Sydney City Council]],<ref name=aph>{{cite web
| title =Biography for Tickner, the Hon. Robert Edward
|title = Biography for Tickner, the Hon. Robert Edward
| publisher =[[Parliament of Australia]]
|publisher = [[Parliament of Australia]]
| work=ParlInfo Web
|work = ParlInfo Web
| url =http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=8055&table=BIOGS
|url = http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=8055&table=BIOGS
|access-date = 6 January 2008
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| accessdate = 6 January 2008 }}</ref> He also served as Deputy Mayor and a brief time as Acting Lord Mayor (in 1983).<ref>Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 20 ''[http://www.foe.org.au/sites/default/files/30Years-book-FoE-Australia%209MB.pdf Thirty Years of Creative Resistance]''. Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref><ref>City of Sydney, ''[http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/robert-tickner/ Robert Tickner]'', Sydney Aldermen website, Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref>
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070915115532/http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?TABLE=biogs&ID=8055
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}}</ref> He also served a brief time as Acting Lord Mayor in Aug-Sep 1983 in the absence of Lord Mayor [[Doug Sutherland (Australian politician)|Doug Sutherland]] and Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Bradford.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coultan |first1=Mark |title=Alderman makes it to the top at last - but only for 10 days |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 August 1983 |page=2}}</ref><ref>Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 20 ''[http://www.foe.org.au/sites/default/files/30Years-book-FoE-Australia%209MB.pdf Thirty Years of Creative Resistance]''. Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref><ref>City of Sydney, ''[http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/robert-tickner/ Robert Tickner]'', Sydney Aldermen website, Retrieved 6 April 2015</ref>


After failing to gain victory as ALP candidate for the [[Wentworth by-election, 1981|1981 Wentworth by-election]] (which was won by the Liberals' candidate [[Peter Coleman]], former Leader of the NSW Opposition), Tickner was successful in entering the federal parliament at the [[Hughes by-election, 1984|1984 Hughes by-election]]. [[Bob Hawke]] appointed Tickner, in 1990, the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs; and he retained this post throughout [[Paul Keating]]'s government.
After failing to gain victory as ALP candidate for the [[1981 Wentworth by-election]] (which was won by the Liberals' candidate [[Peter Coleman]], former Leader of the NSW Opposition), Tickner was successful in entering the federal parliament at the [[1984 Hughes by-election]]. [[Bob Hawke]] appointed Tickner, in 1990, the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs; and he retained this post throughout [[Paul Keating]]'s government.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author1=Tickner, R. E. (Robert E.)|title=Ten doors down : the story of an extraordinary adoption reunion|year=2020 |publication-date=2020|publisher=Scribe Publications|isbn=978-1-925849-45-5}}</ref>


Tickner's tenure in office was marred by the [[Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy]]. Partly due to this affair, and partly due to the increasing unpopularity of the Keating administration as a whole, Tickner was resoundingly defeated in the [[Australian federal election, 1996|1996 election]] by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] challenger [[Danna Vale]], suffering an 11-point swing against him. He was one of three ministers in the Keating government to lose his seat.<ref name=aph/> he is the former chief executive of the Australian Red Cross.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/20/2496784.htm|title=Red Cross abandons annual appeal|last=Rubinsztein-Dunlop|first=Sean|work=ABC Online|date=20 February 2009|accessdate=20 February 2009}}</ref>
Tickner's tenure in office was marred by the [[Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy]]. Partly due to this affair, and partly due to the increasing unpopularity of the Keating administration as a whole, Tickner was resoundingly defeated in the [[1996 Australian federal election|1996 election]] by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] challenger [[Danna Vale]], suffering an 11-point swing against him. He was one of eight ministers in the Keating government to lose their seats.<ref name=aph/>

He is the former chief executive of the Australian Red Cross, having served in that role from 2005 to 2015.<ref>[http://www.redcross.org.au/announce-ceo-leaving.aspx Red Cross]. Retrieved 9 September 2016</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/20/2496784.htm|title=Red Cross abandons annual appeal|last=Rubinsztein-Dunlop|first=Sean|work=ABC Online|date=20 February 2009|access-date=20 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last1=Oppenheimer|first1=Melanie|author-link1=Melanie Oppenheimer|title=The power of humanity: 100 years of Australian Red Cross 1914-2014|year=2014|publication-date=2014|publisher=HarperCollins Australia|isbn=978-0-7322-9485-4}}</ref> Robert continues to be [https://www.roberttickner.com/campaign actively involved] in campaigns for change. He is the founding and current chair of the Justice Reform Initiative,<ref name="Robert Tickner">{{Cite web|title=Robert Tickner|url=https://www.roberttickner.com/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Robert Tickner|language=en-US}}</ref> Co-Chair of the EveryAGE Counts Steering Committee<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campaigns|url=https://www.roberttickner.com/campaign|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Robert Tickner|language=en-US}}</ref> and ambassador for ICAN Australia.<ref name="Robert Tickner"/>

He has been married and divorced twice. His first wife Christine later married his friend [[Tom Uren]].


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
*Tickner, Robert E. ''Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation'' (2001) Allen & Unwin, N.S.W. ISBN 1865080519 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/831995|title=Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation / Robert Tickner|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref>
*Tickner, Robert E. ''Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation'' (2001) Allen & Unwin, N.S.W. {{ISBN|1865080519}} <ref>{{cite book|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/831995|title=Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation / Robert Tickner|publisher=National Library of Australia|isbn=9781865080512 |access-date=12 March 2015}}</ref>
*Tickner, Robert. ''Ten Doors Down: The Story of an Extraordinary Adoption Reunion'' (2020) Scribe Publications, {{ISBN|9781925849455|}}


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Latest revision as of 06:23, 16 February 2024

The Honourable
Robert Tickner
AO
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
In office
4 April 1990 – 11 March 1996
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Paul Keating
Preceded byGerry Hand
Succeeded byJohn Herron
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Hughes
In office
18 February 1984 – 2 March 1996
Preceded byLes Johnson
Succeeded byDanna Vale
Personal details
Born (1951-12-24) 24 December 1951 (age 72)
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationLecturer, solicitor

Robert Edward Tickner AO (born 24 December 1951) is a former Australian Labor Party cabinet minister. He was Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Red Cross from February 2005 to July 2015.

Born in Sydney, Tickner was adopted. He later searched for his birth mother after the birth of his own son.[1] He was educated at the University of Sydney. Prior to entering parliament, he worked as a university lecturer at the NSW Institute of Technology from 1974 to 1979, then as principal solicitor for the NSW Aboriginal Legal Service from 1979 to 1984.[2]

Tickner was one of the early and influential members of Friends of the Earth Australia in Sydney in 1975, being the lease owner of a three-storey terrace on Crown St, Surry Hills which became the FoE Sydney bookshop and office. He was convenor of the FoE urban campaign which opposed the Sydney City Council's inappropriate high rise development.[3]

From 1977 to 1984 he was elected as a Labor Councillor on the Sydney City Council,[4] He also served a brief time as Acting Lord Mayor in Aug-Sep 1983 in the absence of Lord Mayor Doug Sutherland and Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Bradford.[5][6][7]

After failing to gain victory as ALP candidate for the 1981 Wentworth by-election (which was won by the Liberals' candidate Peter Coleman, former Leader of the NSW Opposition), Tickner was successful in entering the federal parliament at the 1984 Hughes by-election. Bob Hawke appointed Tickner, in 1990, the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs; and he retained this post throughout Paul Keating's government.[1]

Tickner's tenure in office was marred by the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy. Partly due to this affair, and partly due to the increasing unpopularity of the Keating administration as a whole, Tickner was resoundingly defeated in the 1996 election by Liberal challenger Danna Vale, suffering an 11-point swing against him. He was one of eight ministers in the Keating government to lose their seats.[4]

He is the former chief executive of the Australian Red Cross, having served in that role from 2005 to 2015.[8][9][10] Robert continues to be actively involved in campaigns for change. He is the founding and current chair of the Justice Reform Initiative,[11] Co-Chair of the EveryAGE Counts Steering Committee[12] and ambassador for ICAN Australia.[11]

He has been married and divorced twice. His first wife Christine later married his friend Tom Uren.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Tickner, Robert E. Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation (2001) Allen & Unwin, N.S.W. ISBN 1865080519 [13]
  • Tickner, Robert. Ten Doors Down: The Story of an Extraordinary Adoption Reunion (2020) Scribe Publications, ISBN 9781925849455

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Tickner, R. E. (Robert E.) (2020), Ten doors down : the story of an extraordinary adoption reunion, Scribe Publications, ISBN 978-1-925849-45-5
  2. ^ Linked In Public Profile, Robert Tickner, Retrieved 6 April 2015
  3. ^ Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 17 Thirty Years of Creative Resistance. Retrieved 6 April 2015
  4. ^ a b "Biography for Tickner, the Hon. Robert Edward". ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
  5. ^ Coultan, Mark (29 August 1983). "Alderman makes it to the top at last - but only for 10 days". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2.
  6. ^ Cam Walker (ed) 2004, pp 20 Thirty Years of Creative Resistance. Retrieved 6 April 2015
  7. ^ City of Sydney, Robert Tickner, Sydney Aldermen website, Retrieved 6 April 2015
  8. ^ Red Cross. Retrieved 9 September 2016
  9. ^ Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Sean (20 February 2009). "Red Cross abandons annual appeal". ABC Online. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  10. ^ Oppenheimer, Melanie (2014), The power of humanity: 100 years of Australian Red Cross 1914-2014, HarperCollins Australia, ISBN 978-0-7322-9485-4
  11. ^ a b "Robert Tickner". Robert Tickner. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Campaigns". Robert Tickner. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  13. ^ Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation / Robert Tickner. National Library of Australia. ISBN 9781865080512. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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