Read the bio below and try to give details on john faulkner 's: - website - successor - party - predecessor - office - primeminister - term end - term start - birth date - name - image - birth place - alma mater Bio: john philip faulkner -lrb- born 12 april 1954 -rrb- is an australian former politician . he was an australian labor party member of the australian senate from 1989 to 2015 , representing the state of new south wales . following a period serving on various senate committees and as deputy whip , he was a minister in the keating labor government 1993 -- 96 . following several years in opposition as a shadow minister , he was appointed in 2007 as vice-president of the executive council and special minister of state in the first rudd government . he was minister for defence from june 2009 to september 2010 . faulkner sat on the backbench from the 2010 election until his resignation , and is considered by some as an elder statesman . on 1 july 2014 , he became the father of the australian senate until he resigned on 6 february 2015 , with the title passing to senator ian macdonald . faulkner is a member of the board of the global panel foundation -- australasia -- an ngo that works behind the scenes in crisis areas around the world .
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- website is -lsb- http://www.senatorjohnfaulkner.com.au/ official website -rsb-- successor is ian hill -lrb- environment -rrb- warwick smith -lrb- sport , territories macdonald and local government -rrb- gary punch con sciacca stephen smith robert mcclelland joe ludwig robert- party is australian labor party- predecessor is ron richardson gordon bilney ben humphreys arthur gietzelt boswell joel fitzgibbon nick minchin gary nairn graham- office is father of the executive council special minister of state minister for of the environment , sport and territories minister for defence science the and personnel minister for veterans ' affairs senator for new australian south wales senate minister for defence vice-president- primeminister is kevin rudd paul keating paul keating paul keating rudd julia gillard kevin rudd julia gillard kevin- term end is 6 9 june 2009 11 march 1996 25 march 1994 25 february march 1994 6 february 2015 2015 13 september 2010 13 september 2010- term start is 1 3 december 2007 25 march 1994 24 march 1993 24 july march 1993 4 april 1989 2014 9 june 2009 3 december 2007- birth date is 12 april 1954- name is john faulkner- image is john faulkner jan 2010.jpg- birth place is leeton , australia- alma mater is macquarie university