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Australian politician (born 1951)

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Michael Hatton
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Blaxland
In office
15 June 1996 – 17 October 2007
Preceded byPaul Keating
Succeeded byJason Clare
Personal details
Born (1951-08-28) 28 August 1951 (age 73)
Sydney, Australia
Political partyLabor
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
OccupationSchool teacher
ProfessionPolitician

Michael John Hatton (born 28 August 1951, Sydney) is a former Australian politician who served as the Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from June 1996 to October 2007, representing the Division of Blaxland, New South Wales.

Background and career

He was educated at the University of New South Wales. He was a school teacher before entering politics. From 1985 to 1996, he was an electorate officer for his predecessor as MP for Blaxland, Paul Keating (Prime Minister 1991–1996). He entered parliament at a by-election necessitated by Keating's resignation from parliament after he lost the 1996 election to John Howard.

In May 2007 he lost party preselection and retired at the 2007 federal election which had seen his party return to power. This meant that the entirety of his parliamentary career equated to the entirety of his party's time in Opposition.

Some of Hatton interests included technology and computers where he was a champion of introducing more IT into Australian schools and greater access to Internet; he worked on whitepapers which ultimately convinced Keating to implement the NBN. Hatton was the NBN's earliest advocate. Keating was the first person to call on National Broadband Network to be built on fibre optics; and equity and access to internet for disadvantaged.

References

  1. "Biography for HATTON, Michael John". Australian Parliament House. Australian Government. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded byPaul Keating Member for Blaxland
1996–2007 		Succeeded byJason Clare
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