Andrew Refshauge

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Andrew Refshauge

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| order = 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

| term_start = 4 April 1995

| term_end = 3 August 2005

| predecessor = Ian Armstrong

| successor = John Watkins

| premier = Bob Carr

| constituency_MP10 = Marrickville

| parliament10 = New South Wales

| term_start10 = 22 October 1983

| term_end10 = 10 August 2005

| predecessor10 = Tom Cahill

| successor10 = Carmel Tebbutt

| order3 = Minister for Health

| term_start3 = 4 April 1995

| term_end3 = 8 April 1999

| predecessor3 = Ron Phillips

| successor3 = Craig Knowles

| premier3 = Bob Carr

| order4 = Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

| term_start4 = 4 April 1995

| term_end4 = 3 August 2005

| predecessor4 = Jim Longley

| successor4 = Milton Orkopoulos

| premier4 = Bob Carr

| order8 = Minister for Education and Training

| term_start8 = 2 April 2003

| term_end8 = 21 January 2005

| predecessor8 = John Watkins

| successor8 = Carmel Tebbutt

| premier8 = Bob Carr

| order2 = Treasurer of New South Wales

| term_start2 = 21 January 2005

| term_end2 = 3 August 2005

| predecessor2 = Michael Egan

| successor2 = Morris Iemma

| premier2 = Bob Carr

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|1|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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| party = Labor Party

| alma_mater = University of Sydney

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| parents = William Refshauge
and Helen Allwright

| relations = Sir William Refshauge {{small|(father)}}

| profession = Physician

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Andrew John Refshauge (born 16 January 1949) is a former Australian politician who was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1983 and 2005, and a senior minister in the Carr ministry.

Background and early career

Refshauge was born in Melbourne, the son of Major General Sir William Refshauge {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|CBE|ED}} who later became Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II and Director-General of the Commonwealth Department of Health.{{cite web |url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/refshauge-sir-william-dudley-843 |title=Refshauge, Sir William Dudley (1913–2009) |author-link=John Farquharson (journalist)|first= John|last=Farquharson |work=Obituaries Australia |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=18 March 2014 }} He has three brothers and one sister. One brother, Richard Refshauge,{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1138217 |title=Refshauge: William Richard: National Medal |date=16 October 2007 |work=It's an Honour |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |access-date=18 March 2014 }} was a Judge of the ACT Supreme Court. His sister, Kathryn Refshauge, is the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, Refshauge studied medicine at the University of Sydney, and after graduating, worked in NSW hospitals and later at the Aboriginal Medical Service in {{NSWcity|Redfern}}.

He helped establish Aboriginal Medical Services in Wilcannia and Kempsey.

Political career

Angered by the dismissal of the Whitlam Government, Refshauge joined the Australian Labor Party.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} In 1983 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Marrickville on the same day that Bob Carr was elected the member for Maroubra in by-elections. He served in a variety of portfolios, as well as rising to be the leader of the left faction of the party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in 1988, and Deputy Premier in 1995 following the election of the Carr government.

Refshauge was the Legislative Assembly representative on the Senate of the University of Sydney between 1987 and 1988 and was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition between 11 April 1988 and 4 April 1995. Prior to entering politics he was a member of the Aboriginal Affairs Policy Committee (1981–1986). Refshauge was a delegate to Labor's State Conference (1984–2005); an executive committee member of the H.V. Evatt Memorial Foundation; a board member of the Mandela Foundation; and a Fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney (1983–1986).{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2052 |name=The Hon. Dr Andrew John Refshauge (1949- ) |former=Yes |access-date=6 May 2019}}

During his term in parliament, Refshauge served as minister between 1995 and 2005 in portfolios covering Health, Aboriginal Affairs, Urban Affairs and Planning, Housing, Education and Training, State Development and as Treasurer.

Refshauge announced his resignation from Parliament, as Deputy Premier and from the ministry in August 2005, a few days after Bob Carr announced his retirement as Premier and from Parliament. Refshauge originally had planned to retire at the 2007 election but was prompted to go earlier with Carr's retirement and a request by the replacement premier, Morris Iemma that Refshauge stand aside to allow for a new Deputy Premier so that there could be a new leadership team.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1428667.htm |author=Nolan, Tanya |title=Andrew Refshauge quits NSW politics |date=2 August 2005 |work=PM |publisher=ABC Radio |location=Australia |access-date=19 March 2014 }}

{{blockquote|Bob and I got in [to Parliament] on the same day. Maybe our replacement should come in on the same day too. I've decided that the time is right to move on to other things. But the time is right, I have decided it's right to leave.|Andrew Refshauge, announcing his retirement from politics, 2 August 2005.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/refshauge-resigns-from-nsw-politics/2005/08/02/1122748618631.html |title=Refshauge resigns from NSW politics |date=2 August 2005 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=19 March 2014 }}}}

Career after politics

Refshauge presently holds a number of senior community leadership roles, including the Chairman of CareFlight (NSW), since December 2007;{{cite web|title=The Board |url=http://careflight.org/about/board1/ |website=careflight.org |access-date=29 July 2016}} a director of Family Care Medical Services, since 2007; a director of the Aged Care Standards Accreditation Agency, since 2008 and chair since 1 July 2012;{{cite press release |author1=Butler, Mark |author-link1=Mark Butler |author2=Minister for Mental Health and Ageing |author-link2=Minister for Health (Australia)#Assistant Minister for Health |date=7 June 2012 |url=http://www.agedcarecrisis.com/announcements/4555-dr-andrew-refshauge-appointed-new-chair-of-aged-care-standards-and-accreditation-agency |title=Dr Andrew Refshauge appointed new chair of Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency |work=Aged Care Crisis |access-date=19 March 2014 }} and the Chair of the Investment Committee of the Aboriginal Land Council of New South Wales, since 2008.

He has previously served in a range of other community roles, including the Chair of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; a director of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, later to become Neuroscience Research Australia; a member of the Foundation for Research and Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence; and a director of the Family Care Medical Services.{{cite web|url=http://www.accreditation.org.au/about-us/board/ |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Aged Care Standards Accreditation Agency |access-date=19 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414034708/http://www.accreditation.org.au/about-us/board/ |archive-date=14 April 2014 }}

Andrew Refshauge

Background and early career

Political career

Career after politics

References

Further reading