Alan Ashton (Australian politician)
- Alan Ashton (Australian politician)
Alan John Ashton is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Ashton received a Master of Arts and Diploma of Education from the University of Sydney and taught at schools in southwestern Sydney. He was a councillor on the City of Bankstown from 1977 to 1987 and 1987 to 1995. Ashton has represented East Hills since 1999 for the Australian Labor Party and has been Deputy Government Whip since 2003. [cite web
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Alan Ashton has recently emerged as a prominent opponent of the Iemma government's plans to privatise the NSW electricity supply. He has been quoted as stating that privatisation would be "the Iemma Government's WorkChoices". He also warned of resulting swings to the Australian Greens in inner-city seats. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/forces-gather-against-privatisation/2007/12/12/1197135558306.html Forces gather against power privatisation - National - smh.com.au ] ]
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