Nick Minchin
Current Positions
Non-executive member, Foreign Investment Review Board (Dec 2018 – Present)
Minister for Finance & Administration (Nov 2001-Dec 2007)
Minister for Industry, Science & Resources (Oct 1998-Nov 2001)
Special Minister of State (Oct 1997-Oct 1998)
Previous Positions
Consul-General for USA (Feb 2014-present)
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Dec 2007-May 2010)
Leader of the Government in the Senate (Jan 2006-Dec 2007)
Mining Connections
Simone Marsh was a senior environmental analyst with the Queensland Co-ordinator General. After filing her report on the environmental effects of the proposed LNG industry in June 2010, she walked out of her job and was not heard of again in the media until she testified as a whistleblower at the Queensland government parliamentary inquiry into Queensland government administration of Commonwealth government affairs in November 2014.