Further complementary initiatives to enhance Australia’s ability to deliver quality education services to overseas students will include the review of the ESOS Act by the Hon Bruce Baird and the development of the National International Student Strategy under the Council of Australian Governments.
He was Assistant Trade Commissioner at the Australian Embassy in Bonn, Germany, 1972–76 and Trade Commissioner at Australian Consulate-General in New York 1977-80.
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Baird's children include Julia Baird, columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald, and Mike Baird, the Treasurer of New South Wales in the O'Farrell government and a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly representing Manly for the Liberal Party since 2007.
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The most prominent members were Don Dobie, who held the seat from its 1969 creation until his retirement in 1996 (with a brief break from 1972 to 1975) and Bruce Baird, a former minister in the Greiner and Fahey governments of New South Wales before transferring to federal politics.
He was policy adviser and research officer to the New South Wales Minister for Transport, Bruce Baird, and an intern to United States Republican Senator Mark Hatfield.