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'''Bevan Ernest Lawrence''' (born) is a West Australian [[barrister]] and political campaigner. Lawrence is the older brother of [[Carmen Lawrence]], a former [[premier of Western Australia]]. He is the convenor of the lobby group ''People for Fair and Open Government''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2003/s875298.htm|title=Constitutional and electoral experts concerned over proposed Senate reforms|author=Tanya Nolan|work=The World Today|date=9 June 2003|accessdate=8 February 2015|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>
'''Bevan Ernest Lawrence''', a retired Western Australian [[barrister]] and [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]<ref> Lawrence, Bevan (30 April 2022). [https://postnewspapers.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/30042022.pdf The Party Member or the Independent]. ''[[Post Newspapers]]'', p. 12</ref> political campaigner, is the older brother of [[Carmen Lawrence]], a former [[ Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[premier of Western Australia]]. In the 1980s he was a convenor of two notable lobby groups that influenced the course of government at federal and state levels.


==Education and profession==
Lawrence attended [[Aquinas College, Perth|Aquinas College]] and studied law at the [[University of Western Australia]] graduating in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovguide.com/bevan-lawrence-9202a8c04000641f80000000055bd3ad|title=Bevan Lawrence Video - Interviews|accessdate=3 February 2015|publisher=Ovguide}}</ref>
Lawrence attended [[Aquinas College, Perth|Aquinas College]] and studied law at the [[University of Western Australia]], graduating in 1966. He commenced practising in 1968, specialising in insurance law.


==Political activism==
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People for Fair and Open Government (PFOG) was established by Lawrence in 1989 shortly after the re-election of a [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] government led by [[Peter Dowding]] earlier that year. Group members included [[Patrick O'Brien (political scientist)|Paddy O'Brien]] <ref>{{Citation | author1=Lawrence, Bevan | title=Paddy's vision and the campaign to expose and combat WA Inc | journal=Power and Freedom in Modern Politics | publication-date=2002 | pages=89-104,231,243-248 | isbn=978-1-876268-79-4 }}</ref> who was a celebrated public figure of the group <ref>{{Citation | author1=Moon, Jeremy | author2=Stone, Bruce, 1953- | title=Power and freedom in modern politics | publication-date=2002 | publisher=University of Western Australia Press | isbn=978-1-876268-79-4 }}</ref>
In 1987, he was a spokesperson for ''People Against the [[Australia Card]]'', a lobby group he founded with Professor [[Martyn Webb]], which organised a public rally of over 40,000 people through the centre of Perth in September 1987 in a synchronised national protest that led to abandonment of the relevant legislation by the [[Hawke government]]. The issue had been a trigger for the [[1987 Australian federal election|1987 double-dissolution election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2003/s875298.htm |title=Constitutional and electoral experts concerned over proposed Senate reforms|author=Nolan, Tanya |work=The World Today|date=9 June 2003|accessdate=30 October 2016|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>


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''People for Fair and Open Government (PFOG)'' was established by Lawrence in 1989<ref>{{cite news |date=21 October 1989 |title=Lawyers will try to defeat WA Government |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122094102 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref> shortly after the re-election of a [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]] state government led by [[Peter Dowding]] earlier that year. Group members included [[Patrick O'Brien (political scientist)|Paddy O'Brien]],<ref>{{Citation | author1=Lawrence, Bevan | title=Paddy's vision and the campaign to expose and combat WA Inc | journal=Power and Freedom in Modern Politics | date=2002 | pages=89–104, 231, 243–248 | isbn=978-1-876268-79-4 }}</ref> who was a celebrated public figure of the group.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Moon, Jeremy | author2=Stone, Bruce, 1953- | title=Power and freedom in modern politics | date=2002 | publisher=University of Western Australia Press | isbn=978-1-876268-79-4 }}</ref>
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The group was formed after earlier Labor governments, led by [[Brian Burke (Australian politician)|Brian Burke]], had made improper deals with business groups commonly referred to as [[WA Inc]]. By early 1990 [[Carmen Lawrence]] replaced Dowding as Premier and the terms of reference for an inquiry into the dealings were delivered to her by PFOG in mid-1990 and a [[Royal Commission]] of Inquiry was announced in November the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samuelgriffith.org.au/papers/html/volume3/v3chap3.htm|title=W.A. Inc.: Why Didn't We Hear The Alarm Bells?|author=Bevan Lawrence|accessdate=8 February 2015|publisher=Samuel Griffith Society}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Thompson, Glenda | title=Feud in the west: Lawrence v Lawrence | journal=Bulletin (Sydney) | publication-date=1990-06-12 | issue=12 June 1990 | pages=98-101 | issn=1440-7485 }}</ref>


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The group was formed after earlier Labor governments, led by [[Brian Burke (Australian politician)|Brian Burke]], had made questionable deals with business groups, a situation commonly referred to as [[WA Inc]]. By early 1990 [[Carmen Lawrence]] had replaced Dowding as premier<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131177521 |title=Dowding returns for showdown WA Premier begins battle to save his job |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=64 |issue=20,026 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 February 1990 |accessdate=30 October 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}—noting the article cites Bevan Lawrence as ''leads an anti-government lobby group''</ref> and the terms of reference for an inquiry into the dealings were delivered to her by PFOG in mid-1990; a [[Royal Commission]] of Inquiry was announced in November the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samuelgriffith.org.au/papers/html/volume3/v3chap3.htm|title=W.A. Inc.: Why Didn't We Hear The Alarm Bells?|author=Lawrence, Bevan|accessdate=30 October 2016|publisher=Samuel Griffith Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825055920/http://www.samuelgriffith.org.au/papers/html/volume3/v3chap3.htm|archive-date=25 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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In 1991 Lawrence published what he regarded as a conservative itemisation of the government's actual losses. The total he estimated as {{AUD}}877 million.<ref name=execconst>O'Brien P. and Webb M. ''The Executive State--WA Inc & The Constitution'', Constitutional Press (Perth) 1991. ISBN 0-646-04875-9;</ref>{{rp|p389}}

The public stances by the brother and sister over issues created a trail of news stories about them.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Thompson, Glenda | title=Feud in the west: Lawrence v Lawrence | journal=Bulletin (Sydney) | date=1990-06-12 | issue=12 June 1990 | pages=98–101 | issn=1440-7485 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122245541 |title=Siblings wrestle WA constitution |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=64 |issue=20,113 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 May 1990 |accessdate=30 October 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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In 1991 Lawrence published what he regarded as a conservative itemisation of the government's actual losses. The total he estimated as {{AUD}}877 million.<ref name=execconst>O'Brien P. and Webb M. ''The Executive State--WA Inc & The Constitution'', Constitutional Press (Perth) 1991. {{ISBN|0-646-04875-9}};</ref>{{rp|p389}}

Lawrence also wrote reviews of books about corruption and government at the time, in other Australian states such as Queensland.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Lawrence, Bevan | title=Corruption and Reform: The Fitzgerald Vision | journal=University of Western Australia Law Review | date=1991-06-01 | publisher=University of Western Australia (Australia) | volume=21 | issue=n1 | pages=201–204 | issn=0042-0328 }} of the book {{Citation | author1=Queensland. Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct | author2=Prasser, Scott (ed.) | author3=Prasser, Scott, 1954- | author4=Nethercote, J. R. (John Raymond) | author5=Wear, Rae, 1950- | title=Corruption and reform : the Fitzgerald vision | date=1990 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | isbn=978-0-7022-2234-4 }}</ref>

Lawrence was regularly mentioned in federal politicians' comments about the Royal Commission, as well as political overviews of the era.<ref>[http://john.curtin.edu.au/lawrence/government.html The Lawrence Government: Perspective by David Black] at john.curtin.edu.au</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters | author2=Wilson, Roland Darling, Sir | author3=Kennedy, G. A | author4=Brinsden, Peter Frederick | author5=Government of Western Australia | title=Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and other Matters | date=1992 | publisher=Government Printer | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22221512 | accessdate=30 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Stone, Bruce | title=Accountability reform in Australia: the WA Inc Royal Commission in context | journal=Australian Quarterly | date=1993 | volume=65 | issue=2 | pages=17–30 | issn=0005-0091 | doi=10.2307/20635717 | jstor=20635717 }}</ref>

As a long term resident of [[Nedlands, Western Australia|Nedlands]] he has been instrumental in supporting sport in his area as well as being a councillor of the [[City of Nedlands]].<ref>[http://www.pressreader.com/australia/western-suburbs-weekly/20151117/281672548839298 Bevan protecting his turf] ''Western Suburbs Weekly'' at Pressreader, 17 November 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.nedlands.wa.gov.au/bevan-lawrence-sense-belonging-through-sport Bevan Lawrence—a sense of belonging through sport] at [[City of Nedlands]] website</ref> He also kept up public arguments with the status quo well into the late stages of his career.<ref>[https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/10805338/sunday-trade-is-a-health-hazard/#page1 Sunday Trade Is a Health Hazard] at ''[[The West Australian]]'', 9 August 2011</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Bevan Ernest Lawrence, a retired Western Australian barrister and Liberal[1] political campaigner, is the older brother of Carmen Lawrence, a former Labor premier of Western Australia. In the 1980s he was a convenor of two notable lobby groups that influenced the course of government at federal and state levels.

Education and profession

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Lawrence attended Aquinas College and studied law at the University of Western Australia, graduating in 1966. He commenced practising in 1968, specialising in insurance law.

Political activism

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In 1987, he was a spokesperson for People Against the Australia Card, a lobby group he founded with Professor Martyn Webb, which organised a public rally of over 40,000 people through the centre of Perth in September 1987 in a synchronised national protest that led to abandonment of the relevant legislation by the Hawke government. The issue had been a trigger for the 1987 double-dissolution election.[2]

People for Fair and Open Government (PFOG) was established by Lawrence in 1989[3] shortly after the re-election of a Labor state government led by Peter Dowding earlier that year. Group members included Paddy O'Brien,[4] who was a celebrated public figure of the group.[5]

The group was formed after earlier Labor governments, led by Brian Burke, had made questionable deals with business groups, a situation commonly referred to as WA Inc. By early 1990 Carmen Lawrence had replaced Dowding as premier[6] and the terms of reference for an inquiry into the dealings were delivered to her by PFOG in mid-1990; a Royal Commission of Inquiry was announced in November the same year.[7]

The public stances by the brother and sister over issues created a trail of news stories about them.[8][9]

In 1991 Lawrence published what he regarded as a conservative itemisation of the government's actual losses. The total he estimated as A$877 million.[10]: p389 

Lawrence also wrote reviews of books about corruption and government at the time, in other Australian states such as Queensland.[11]

Lawrence was regularly mentioned in federal politicians' comments about the Royal Commission, as well as political overviews of the era.[12][13][14]

As a long term resident of Nedlands he has been instrumental in supporting sport in his area as well as being a councillor of the City of Nedlands.[15][16] He also kept up public arguments with the status quo well into the late stages of his career.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Lawrence, Bevan (30 April 2022). The Party Member or the Independent. Post Newspapers, p. 12
  2. ^ Nolan, Tanya (9 June 2003). "Constitutional and electoral experts concerned over proposed Senate reforms". The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Lawyers will try to defeat WA Government". The Canberra Times. 21 October 1989. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ Lawrence, Bevan (2002), "Paddy's vision and the campaign to expose and combat WA Inc", Power and Freedom in Modern Politics: 89–104, 231, 243–248, ISBN 978-1-876268-79-4
  5. ^ Moon, Jeremy; Stone, Bruce, 1953- (2002), Power and freedom in modern politics, University of Western Australia Press, ISBN 978-1-876268-79-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Dowding returns for showdown WA Premier begins battle to save his job". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 20, 026. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 February 1990. p. 2. Retrieved 30 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.—noting the article cites Bevan Lawrence as leads an anti-government lobby group
  7. ^ Lawrence, Bevan. "W.A. Inc.: Why Didn't We Hear The Alarm Bells?". Samuel Griffith Society. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  8. ^ Thompson, Glenda (12 June 1990), "Feud in the west: Lawrence v Lawrence", Bulletin (Sydney) (12 June 1990): 98–101, ISSN 1440-7485
  9. ^ "Siblings wrestle WA constitution". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 20, 113. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 May 1990. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ O'Brien P. and Webb M. The Executive State--WA Inc & The Constitution, Constitutional Press (Perth) 1991. ISBN 0-646-04875-9;
  11. ^ Lawrence, Bevan (1 June 1991), "Corruption and Reform: The Fitzgerald Vision", University of Western Australia Law Review, 21 (n1), University of Western Australia (Australia): 201–204, ISSN 0042-0328 of the book Queensland. Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct; Prasser, Scott (ed.); Prasser, Scott, 1954-; Nethercote, J. R. (John Raymond); Wear, Rae, 1950- (1990), Corruption and reform : the Fitzgerald vision, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-2234-4 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ The Lawrence Government: Perspective by David Black at john.curtin.edu.au
  13. ^ Western Australia. Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters; Wilson, Roland Darling, Sir; Kennedy, G. A; Brinsden, Peter Frederick; Government of Western Australia (1992), Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and other Matters, Government Printer, retrieved 30 October 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Stone, Bruce (1993), "Accountability reform in Australia: the WA Inc Royal Commission in context", Australian Quarterly, 65 (2): 17–30, doi:10.2307/20635717, ISSN 0005-0091, JSTOR 20635717
  15. ^ Bevan protecting his turf Western Suburbs Weekly at Pressreader, 17 November 2015
  16. ^ Bevan Lawrence—a sense of belonging through sport at City of Nedlands website
  17. ^ Sunday Trade Is a Health Hazard at The West Australian, 9 August 2011
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