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Brian Courtice was born on 17 April, 1950 in Bundaberg, Queensland, is an Australian politician. Discover Brian Courtice's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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| Occupation |
Cane farmer, union organiser |
| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
17 April, 1950 |
| Birthday |
17 April |
| Birthplace |
Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Nationality |
Australia
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Brian Courtice Height, Weight & Measurements
At 73 years old, Brian Courtice height not available right now. We will update Brian Courtice's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Brian Courtice Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Brian Courtice worth at the age of 73 years old? Brian Courtice’s income source is mostly from being a successful farmer. He is from Australia. We have estimated Brian Courtice's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
farmer |
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Timeline
His grandfather bought the property in the 1920s and he grew up hearing stories about burials.
Courtice's family property Sunnyside Sugar Plantation outside of Bundaberg contains the unmarked graves of 29 South Sea Islanders, who were buried there in the 19th century after being blackbirded.
Brian William Courtice (born 17 April 1950) is a former Australian politician and trade unionist.
Courtice stood for the newly created Division of Hinkler at the 1984 federal election, narrowly losing to National Party candidate Bryan Conquest.
He represented the Division of Hinkler in federal parliament from 1987 to 1993 as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
He defeated Conquest in a re-match at the 1987 election.
He increased his majority at the 1990 election but Paul Neville regained the seat for the Nationals in 1993.
In 1990, as chair of the ALP caucus primary industries and resources committee, he delivered a report which concluded that the government "had been conned by green groups and would risk future electoral success if it continued to 'appease' them".
He has collected a "large brief of evidence on South Sea Islander slavery, including verbal testimony taken during the 1990s from an elderly Bundaberg resident whose relatives had direct experience with the slave trade".
Courtice publicly supported Paul Keating against Bob Hawke in the June 1991 ALP leadership spill.
In 1992, he was a member of the Caucus Joint Working Group on Homosexual Policy in the Australian Defence Force, where he opposed allowing gay people to serve in the military.
In 1994, Courtice began working in the office of federal resources minister David Beddall, with responsibility for Queensland projects.
He was unsuccessful in an attempt to recapture the seat in 1996.
Courtice served as head of the Hawke and Keating governments' Country Task Force.
He unsuccessfully stood against Bill Ludwig for the state secretaryship of the AWU in 1997.
He appeared before the Shepherdson Inquiry and publicly accused Ludwig of "orchestrating electoral fraud in Queensland".
He was expelled from the party in 2005.
Courtice was born in Bundaberg, Queensland.
His uncle Ben Courtice was an ALP senator and government minister.
He was a cane farmer and organiser with the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) before entering parliament.
Courtice was expelled from the ALP in 2005 "on the grounds he had brought it into disrepute".
He had been a party member for 32 years.
His expulsion came after he leaked party documents to state Nationals MP Rob Messenger, which "purportedly exposed the 'siphoning' of $7,000 in branch funds".
He had also alleged that his wife Marcia had lost ALP preselection for the state seat of Bundaberg due to a "dirty factional deal".
His wife was subsequently sacked from her job as a staffer for Bundaberg MP Nita Cunningham and brought an unfair dismissal claim.
In the lead-up to the 2007 federal election, Courtice appeared in a Liberal Party election advertisement warning voters against ALP leader Kevin Rudd but denied that this made him a "Labor rat" despite his expulsion from the party in 2005.
In response, shadow education minister Stephen Smith described him as "someone who we've known for a long time has been disillusioned, disaffected, distressed and disappointed at his own exit from parliament and public life, and probably bitter".
In 2009, Courtice held a press conference with Liberal National Party of Queensland MP Rob Messenger criticising the factionalism of the state ALP.
The gravesites were eventually found in 2012 and the site was heritage-listed.
Courtice has campaigned for greater recognition of South Sea Islanders.
In 2019 he publicly criticised the Queensland ALP government for "stalling" the approval of the Carmichael coal mine.
In 2020, in response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison's comments about slavery in Australia, he said "the majority of Australians don't know our history" and invited Morrison to come to Sunnyside.
He also called for the history of South Sea Islanders to be taught in schools.
