Bevan Lawrence
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Bevan Ernest Lawrence 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.[1]
Lawrence attended Aquinas College and studied law at the University of Western Australia graduating in 1966.[2]
People for Fair and Open Government (PFOG) was established by Lawrence in 1989 shortly after the re-election of a Labor Party government led by Peter Dowding earlier that year. Group members included Paddy O'Brien,[3] who was a celebrated public figure of the group.[4]
The group was formed after earlier Labor governments, led by Brian Burke, had made improper deals with business groups commonly referred to as WA Inc.
By early 1990 Carmen Lawrence had replaced Dowding as premier.[5] 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.[6][7]
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.[8]: p389
References
- ^ Tanya Nolan (9 June 2003). "Constitutional and electoral experts concerned over proposed Senate reforms". The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Bevan Lawrence Video - Interviews". Ovguide. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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) - ^ "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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - noting the article cites Bevan Lawrence as leads an anti-government lobby group - ^ Bevan Lawrence. "W.A. Inc.: Why Didn't We Hear The Alarm Bells?". Samuel Griffith Society. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ Thompson, Glenda (12 June 1990), "Feud in the west: Lawrence v Lawrence", Bulletin (Sydney) (12 June 1990): 98–101, ISSN 1440-7485
- ^ O'Brien P. and Webb M. The Executive State--WA Inc & The Constitution, Constitutional Press (Perth) 1991. ISBN 0-646-04875-9;