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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. Jull was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and the University of Queensland. 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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Parliament of Australia )〕 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: (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,〔(Gold Coast MP battles lung cancer ), ''ABC News'', 8 March 2005.〕〔(David Jull to quit ), ''Herald Sun'', 5 January 2007.〕 He retired from Parliament at the 2007 election.〔 Jull died peacefully on 13 September 2011 in Brisbane, aged 66. He is survived by two sons and two stepsons. Jull was accorded a state funeral, which took place on 23 September. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Jull」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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