David Jull

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = David Jull

| honorific-suffix =

| image =

| primeminister = John Howard

| office = Minister for Administrative Services

| term_start = 11 March 1996

| term_end = 24 September 1997

| predecessor = Frank Walker

| successor = John Fahey
(as Minister for Finance and Administration)

| constituency_MP3 = Bowman

| parliament3 = Australian

| predecessor3 = Len Keogh

| successor3 = Len Keogh

| term_start3 = 13 December 1975

| term_end3 = 5 March 1983

| constituency_MP2 = Fadden

| parliament2 = Australian

| predecessor2 = David Beddall

| successor2 = Stuart Robert

| term_start2 = 1 December 1984

| term_end2 = 17 October 2007

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1944|10|4}}

| birth_place = Kingaroy, Queensland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|9|13|1944|10|4|df=y}}

| death_place =

| nationality = Australian

| party = Liberal Party of Australia

| alma_mater = University of Queensland

| occupation = Politician

}}

David Francis Jull (4 October 1944 – 13 September 2011) was an Australian politician. He was a long-serving Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland, from 1975 to 1983 and Fadden, Queensland, from 1984 to 2007, serving a total of 30 years. He was a minister in the government of John Howard.

Early life

Jull was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and the University of Queensland.{{cite book|last=Mason|first=James|title=Churchie: The Centenary Register|year=2011|publisher=The Anglican Church Grammar School|location=Brisbane, Australia|isbn=978-0-646-55807-3}} He was an announcer on radio and television from 1963 to 1965 and then a director of television station TVQ, Brisbane until he entered politics.{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Australia|publisher=Crown Contents|place=North Melbourne|isbn=978-1-74095-160-9|page=1156|date=2008}} He was elected at the 1975 general election, but defeated in 1983.

He was Deputy General Manager of the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation 1983–84.{{cite web|title=Biography for Jull, the Hon. David Francis |publisher=Parliament of Australia |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;db=;group=;holdingType=;id=;orderBy=;page=0;query=David%20Jull;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=Default |accessdate=25 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314012326/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Badv%3D%3Bdb%3D%3Bgroup%3D%3BholdingType%3D%3Bid%3D%3BorderBy%3D%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DDavid%20Jull%3Bquerytype%3D%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault |archivedate=14 March 2012 }}

Politics

Jull was reelected to parliament at the 1984 election. He was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1989–94, and was Minister for Administrative Services 1996–97. He resigned from the ministry following accusations that he had failed to prevent other MPs from abusing their parliamentary allowances.Ward, Ian: [https://archive.today/20120710193241/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1877/is_2_44/ai_n28722368/ A Government Under Pressure], Australian Journal of Politics and History, June 1998

Jull was chair of the Parliamentary Committee on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 1997–2002, and of its successor, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (formerly the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD), since 2002. In this capacity he presided over the Committee's inquiry into the performance of the Australian intelligence services in relation to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2003–04.

Health problems and death

Jull was diagnosed with lung cancer, and in 2005 underwent surgery to remove one of his lungs,[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-03-08/gold-coast-mp-battles-lung-cancer/1531564 Gold Coast MP battles lung cancer], ABC News, 8 March 2005.[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/david-jull-to-quit/story-e6frf7l6-1111112782563 David Jull to quit], Herald Sun, 5 January 2007. He retired from Parliament at the 2007 election, by which time he was the fourth longest serving MP in Parliament.

Jull died on 13 September 2011 in Brisbane, aged 66. He had no children.{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Jeremy|title=Former Howard minister David Jull dead at 66|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-13/david-jull-dies/2897454|accessdate=13 September 2011|date=13 September 2011}}{{cite web|title=John Howard statement on David Jull|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-13/john-howard-statement-on-david-jull/2897668|work=ABC News|accessdate=13 September 2011|date=13 September 2011}} Jull was accorded a state funeral, which took place on 23 September.{{cite news|last=Field|first=Donna|title=Mourners honour former MP Jull at state funeral|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-23/mourners-honour-former-mp-jull-at-state-funeral/2939608|accessdate=23 September 2011|newspaper=ABC News|date=23 September 2011}}

References

{{succession box | title=Member for Bowman | before=Len Keogh | after=Len Keogh | years=1975–1983}}

{{succession box | title=Member for Fadden | before=David Beddall | after=Stuart Robert | years=1984–2007}}

{{succession box | title=Minister for Administrative Services | before=Frank Walker | after=John Fahey
(as Minister for Finance and Administration) | years=1996–1997}}

Category:1944 births

Category:2011 deaths

Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia

Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bowman

Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Fadden

Category:People from Kingaroy

Category:Place of death missing

Category:Australian radio presenters

Category:Australian television newsreaders and news presenters

Category:People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School

Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives

Category:Australian MPs 1975–1977