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John Rau new SA Attorney-General
John Rau
Claiming victory in the recent state election, South Australian Premier Mike Rann has announced his new cabinet, and has put a relative newcomer to the party in the prestigious role of Attorney-General.
John Rau has represented the district of Enfield since he was elected in 2002, and he won 53% of the primary vote over the weekend. Prior to his personal involvement in politics, Rau worked as an adviser to various Hawke government ministers, as well as running a private legal practice in Adelaide, lawyer dealing in industrial, employment, commercial and personal injuries law. Rau is married with three children, and lists gardening, cooking and reading non-fiction among his hobbies.
Amusingly enough, the district of Enfield is directly north of the district of Croydon, where former Attorney-General (and well-known despiser of gamers) Michael Atkinson called home.
We are not yet sure of Mr. Rau's position on the introduction of an Australian R18+ rating for video games, but we have heard from Chris Prior from Gamers 4 Croydon , who claims that:
New SA Attorney-General is John Rau, a supporter or the R18+ classification for games (and a nice guy, to boot)
Good to hear!
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- published: March 23rd, 2010
- by: Jessica Citizen
- in: Australian R18+ Debate, John Rau, John Rau Attorney-General, Politics
- comments: 9
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I like video games, fishing, Depeche Mode, long walks on the beach, writing discussion papers and cups of tea. Not necessarily in that order.
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