Please answer the following question: Facts: - parliament: australian australian - successor: ralph lawrence peter richardson willis kim beazley michael duffy peter walsh carmen - constituency mp: fremantle tangney - party: australian labor party - primeminister: paul hawke keating bob hawke paul keating bob hawke bob - office: treasurer training minister for trade minister for finance of australia minister for employment , education and - predecessor: ralph kim beazley '' new seat '' willis susan ryan lionel bowen dame margaret guilfoyle - occupation: economist - term end: 22 13 december 1984 4 february 1994 13 december 1975 december 1993 27 december 1991 24 july 1987 - term start: 27 11 march 1983 10 december 1977 18 may 1974 december 1991 24 july 1987 13 december 1984 - birth date: 2 march 1947 - name: john dawkins - nationality: australian - image: john-dawkins-1984 . jpg - birth place: perth , western australia - alma mater: university of western australia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john dawkins .
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john sydney '' joe '' dawkins , ao -lrb- born 2 march 1947 -rrb- , australian politician , was treasurer in the keating labor government from december 1991 to december 1993 .he is notable for his reforms of tertiary education as minister for employment , education and training , his period as treasurer when he attempted to increase taxes in order to balance the budget and his abrupt exit from politics .