Introduction
Christopher John Guelph "Chris" Puplick AM (born 13 May 1948) is an Australian politician, public servant and public intellectual.
He was appointed to a casual vacancy in the Senate in July 1978, representing the Liberal Party of Australia, but was defeated at the 1980 election, completing his term in June 1981. He was returned to the Senate at the 1984 election but was again defeated at the 1990 election and served out his term, finishing in June of that year. After leaving Parliament, Puplick was appointed President of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board and NSW Privacy Commissioner. He was appointed a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in 2001, for contributions to Australian politics and public policy, particularly in relation to human rights and social justice.
Puplick resigned his Anti-Discrimination Board and Privacy Commission positions in 2003 following allegations of administrative favouritism involving a personal friend, and a deteriorating relationship with the New South Wales Government.
Memberships, Directorships
- Member, Australia Council Theatre Board
- Member, National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Board of Directors
- Chair, National Film and Sound Archive Board, 2008–2011
- Chair, Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases
- NSW Privacy Commissioner, 1999–2003
- Australia Council, About Us, Theatre board members, retrieved 2 October 2008
- National Institute of Dramatic Art, Board of Directors, retrieved 2 October 2008
- The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, 'New Board Appointed for National Film and Sound Archive', Media Release, 20 June 2008, retrieved 2 October 2008
- 'AIDS – The Modern Scourge', Ockams Razor (ABC Radio), 31 March 2002, retrieved 2 October 2008
- Privacy NSW, Annual Report 2002-03, retrieved 2 October 2008
Publications
- Chris Puplick and R.J. Southey, 1980, Liberal Thinking, Macmillan, Melbourne.
- Chris Puplick, 1984, 'Science and Technology', in George Brandis, Tom Harley and Don Markwell (eds), Liberals Face the Future: Essays on Australian Liberalism, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
- John Black, Michael Macklin and Chris Puplick, 1992, ‘How Parliament Works in Practice’, in Parliamentary Perspectives 1991, Papers on Parliament, No. 14, Department of the Senate, February 1992.
- Chris Puplick, October 1st, 2012, Platform Papers 33: Changing Times at NIDA, Currency Press, ISBN 9780987211422.
- "Platform Papers 33: Changing Times at NIDA". australianplays.org. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- "Platform Papers 33, October 2012 Changing Times at NIDA". Booktopia. Retrieved 2017-01-05.