THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

DUFFY Michael John, The Honourable

CITATION

Order of New Zealand (ONZ)

Appointed  6 February 1990 to mark The Queen’s visit and the 1990 Commemoration

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Michael DUFFY, born 1938, served as a Member of the Parliament of Australia from 1980 to 1996, however, he has maintained close connections

with New Zealand since his childhood.

He held a number of ministerial portfolios, including Minister for Communications, Minister of Trade, and Minister of Trade Negotiations, and was also

the Attorney-General of Australia.

As Minister of Trade Negotiations, he was instrumental in negotiating the Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) between Australia and

New Zealand, which opened up the market for the free trade of goods and services between the two countries. The CER is now one of the most open

economic and trade relationships of any two countries.

KNOWN AWARDS

Order of New Zealand (ONZ)

NOTES

Born 2 March 1938 Australia

Died