Greg Aplin

Greg Aplin is an Australian politician, elected in 2003 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Albury as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He succeeded the Liberal Party's Ian Glachan. Aplin is currently the Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Aboriginal Affairs.

Personal life

Greg Aplin has been married to his wife Jill since 1975. They have four children. Scott, Richard, Douglas, and Kathryn

Like his predecessor, Greg Aplin is a Rotarian and has been awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship, given to members who donate $1000US to Rotary International.

Early life

Gregory Aplin was born in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, on 9 October 1952. He studied at the University of Cape Town, graduating with a Batchelor of Arts with Honours. He worked for the Rhodesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before doing National Service with the British South Africa Police between 1975 and 1977, during which time he was awarded the General Service Medal. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was given a three years posting to Sydney. In 1980 he then returned to the newly independent Zimbabwe to work for the government in regional development, and arranging State visits.

Television

Greg moved to Australia in 1981 and began working in television. He worked in Wollongong, Orange, and Albury, where he became station manager of Prime Television AMV-4, a post he held for 13 years. He won a Logie Award as the Executive Producer of a television programme.

In 2001, when Australia's regional television stations were centralising, he became the Administration Manager for the University of New South Wales School of Rural Health in Albury and Wagga Wagga. A year later he became a researcher and media adviser for Member for Farrer Sussan Ley.

Political career

When the member for Albury in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Ian Glachan, announced his retirement, Greg Aplin was preselected as the Liberal Party's candidate for the seat in the 2003 state election. He received more than 16,826 first preference votes, out polling the nearest candidate, Albury City Councillor and Independent candidate Clare Douglas who received 8,595 first preference votes. Another two Albury City councillors polled third and fourth, with Olympian Rob Ballard receiving 5,267 votes, and Labor Party candidate Nico Matthews receiving 4,710 votes, respectively cite web
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Greg Aplin was appointed to the Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management in Public Affairs Committee two months after his election to the Parliament, and is the Parliamentary Ambassador for Keep Australia Beautiful. He was appointed to the Public Accounts Committee in October 2005. In March 2006 then Opposition leader Peter Debnam promoted him to the Opposition front bench as the Shadow Minister for Housing.

External links

* [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/0/D0B260C6CC8492D1CA256CF900801819 New South Wales Parliament - Mr (Greg) Gregory John APLIN, BA(Hons) MP]
* [http://www.nsw.liberal.org.au/parliament/legislative_assembly/albury.cfm Liberal Party of Australia NSW Division - Legislative Assembly - Profile: Greg Aplin]
* [http://www.younglibs.org.au/countryprofile.php NSW Young Liberals Profile]

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