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Neal Blewett was born on 24 October, 1933 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, is an Australian politician and political scientist. Discover Neal Blewett'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 90 years old?

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Occupation Academic
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 24 October, 1933
Birthday 24 October
Birthplace Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1933

Neal Blewett, AC (born 24 October 1933) is an Australian Labor Party politician, diplomat and historian.

1957

Blewett received a Rhodes Scholarship and studied PPE at Jesus College, Oxford between 1957 and 1959 for a further BA (later converted to a Master of Arts).

1967

He obtained a PhD from the University of Oxford in 1967.

1972

An historian of British electoral politics of the Edwardian era, in 1972 Blewett published a study of the British general elections of January and December 1910.

The book was very well received, described by reviewers "as one of the most substantial achievements of recent historical psephology" and "an extremely impressive monograph using practically every possible technique at the disposal of the professional historian".

1974

In 1974 Blewett was appointed professor of politics at Flinders University in South Australia, a position he held until 1977 when he ran for parliament.

1977

He was the Member of the House of Representatives for Bonython from 1977 to 1994.

1983

He served in both the Hawke and Keating governments, notably in the former as Minister for Health from 1983 to 1991, during which time he oversaw the Government's reaction to HIV/AIDS.

When Labor under Bob Hawke won government in the 1983 election, Blewett was made Minister for Health.

1986

As Health Minister, he oversaw many important reforms such as the implementation of the Medicare universal health scheme, the Disability Services Act 1986, a 'Drug Offensive' which included tobacco smoking and alcohol, and a national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS.

The strategy included a major education and advertising campaign (including the famous 'Grim Reaper' advertisement ), and legislation against discrimination against HIV/AIDS sufferers.

1987

In 1987, with the introduction of "super-departments", he gained additional responsibilities as Minister for Community Services and Health.

1988

Jill died when she was electrocuted in their home in October 1988.

1989

Brain and Blewett moved in together in 1989, after which Blewett successfully sued a radio station and two doctors for claiming that he was imposing wrong AIDS policy because he was gay and because the gay community would not support a more appropriate policy.

The defence argued that calling someone gay was not defamatory, but this argument was rejected.

The defamation was that Blewett had imposed the wrong AIDS policy on Australia because he was gay and had refused to take the right action that gays wouldn't like.

This was found to be false and defamatory.

1990

In 1990, he became Minister for Trade and Overseas Development.

1991

Blewett supported Paul Keating in his successful 1991 leadership challenge against Hawke, and when Keating became Prime Minister, Blewett became Minister for Social Security until he resigned from politics in 1994, sparking a Bonython by-election.

1994

After retiring from Parliament in 1994, he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, a role he held until 1998.

Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Blewett was educated at Launceston High School and the University of Tasmania, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Diploma of Education.

In 1994, Neal Blewett was appointed Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, as which he served until 1998.

At the same time, he was on the Executive Council of the World Health Organization.

1995

In 1995, he was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to Australian society.

Neal Blewett was married for 26 years to Jill Blewett, a renowned Australian playwright, with whom he had two children.

1998

Returning to Australia in 1998, he became President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and a visiting professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney.

He was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College Oxford in 1998.

1999

In 1999, he published A Cabinet Diary: A Personal Record of the First Keating Government 1991–93, his memoirs which detailed his time on the frontbench of the Keating government.

Neal Blewett has received honorary degrees from the University of Tasmania, the University of Hull and the Australian National University.

The South Australian coroner made no finding that her death was accidental, and in his 1999 memoir A Cabinet Diary, Blewett said that his wife "took her own life in October 1988".

2000

Blewett revealed he was homosexual in a May 2000 issue of The Age's Good Weekend magazine, which profiled his relationship with long-term partner Robert Brain, whom he had met as a university student 50 years previously.

The couple live in Leura in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

2002

In 2002, he was appointed as President of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia.