{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Chris Puplick | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AM}} | image = | caption = | office = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[New South Wales]] | term_start = 26 July 1978 | term_end = 30 June 1981 | predecessor = [[Bob Cotton|Sir Robert Cotton]] | term_start2 = 1 December 1984 | term_end2 = 30 June 1990 | constituency = | majority = | birth_name = Christopher John Guelph Puplick | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|5|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Liberal Party of Australia]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[University of Sydney]] | occupation = Private sector consultant | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Christopher John Guelph Puplick''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ʊ|p|l|ɪ|k}} {{Respell|PUUP|lik}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u498ktQL7BA|title=Thomas Rome Lecture, 2010, part 11|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> born 13 May 1948) is an Australian former politician. He was a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[New South Wales]] from 1978 to 1981 and from 1984 to 1990, representing the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]].
==Early life== Puplick was born on 13 May 1948 in [[London]], England. He was the son of Elsie Nancy (née Liddaman) and Guelph Puplick. His father, a salesman and manager, was born in [[Hyderabad]], [[British India]].<ref name=bio/>
Puplick spent his early years in London and [[Cardiff]], attending [[The Cathedral School, Llandaff]], and [[Preston Manor School|Preston Manor County Grammar School]]. He and his family immigrated to Australia in 1962, settling in Sydney where he attended [[Manly Boys High School|Manly Boys' High School]]. He went on to the [[University of Sydney]], graduating [[Bachelor of Arts]] ([[Honours degree|Hons.]]) in 1968 and [[Master of Arts]] in 1969.<ref name=bio/>
==Politics== Puplick joined the [[Young Liberals (Australia)|Young Liberal Movement]] in 1965 at the encouragement of [[Bill Wentworth]].<ref name=bio/> He was the federal president of the Young Liberals from 1975 to 1978.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youngliberal.org.au/history|title= History: Former Office Bearers |publisher=Young Liberals|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref>
After leaving university, Puplick worked as a campaign director and press secretary for Wentworth. After the Coalition's defeat at the [[1972 Australian federal election|1972 federal election]] he worked in the offices of [[Nigel Bowen]], [[Bob Cotton]] and [[Peter Baume]]. He was a member of the state and federal executives of the party and was an unsuccessful [[preselection]] candidate for state seats in 1975 and 1978.<ref name=bio/>
===Senate=== He was appointed to a [[Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament|casual vacancy]] in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] in July 1978, representing the Liberal Party of Australia, but was defeated at the [[1980 Australian federal election|1980 election]], completing his term in June 1981.<ref name=bio>{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=puplick-christopher-john-guelph|name=PUPLICK, Christopher John Guelph (1948– )|first=Ian|last=Holland|year=2017|access-date=2023-01-11}}</ref>
He was returned to the Senate at the [[1984 Australian federal election|1984 election]]. In the [[1990 Australian federal election|1990 election]], the [[Call to Australia]] party made the unusual choice of preferencing the Labor Party above the Liberal Party specifically to prevent Puplick's re-election;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://insidestory.org.au/a-labor-friendly-senate-it-could-be-a-long-wait/|title=A Labor-friendly Senate? It could be a long wait|last=Colebatch|first=Tim|date=2018-05-21|website=Inside Story|language=en|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> Puplick was not re-elected and his term finished in June 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members of the Senate since 1901 |work=Parliamentary Handbook |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]] |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/kirk.quirke.htm |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521170706/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/kirk.quirke.htm |archive-date=21 May 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
==After Parliament== After leaving Parliament, Puplick was appointed President of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board and NSW Privacy Commissioner.<ref name=bio />
He was also chair of the Archive Forum,<ref>{{Citation | author1=National Film and Sound Archive (Australia) | title=Our Board (30 June 2012) | journal=Annual report | publication-date=2012-06-30 | publisher=National Film & Sound Archive | issue=299 of 2012 | pages=26 | issn=1837-2260| url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-801640357/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1023153202&searchTerm=archive+forum&partId=nla.obj-801807470}}</ref> which lobbied for the establishment of the [[National Film and Sound Archive]] as an independent statutory body from 2003 until 2008, when the ''National Film and Sound Archive Act 2008'' came into effect.<ref>{{cite web | title=[Edmondson, Ray : Documentation] [Archive Forum : Assorted papers, 2000-2004] | website=[[NFSA]] | url=https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/1761165 | access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref> from this date.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Verhoeven, Deb| author1-link=Deb Verhoeven | author2=Edmonson, R. | title=Cinderella betrayed : the shoe won't fit : a response by Archive Forum to the Australian Film Commission's Stage two directions paper concerning the AFC-ScreenSound Australia integration | publication-date=2004-01-01 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/259099514 | access-date=16 February 2025}}</ref><ref name=streak2008>{{cite news|date=February 14, 2008 |work=[[The Canberra Times]]|first= Diana |last=Streak |title=Archives' autonomy| page= 8 |quote= ... However, it did not address the thorny issue of the National Film and Sound Archive, which for some inexplicable reason was put under the aegis of the AFC in 2003... The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, [[Peter Garrett]]... said the two draft bills would create the new screen agency, [[Screen Australia]], and establish the [[National Film and Sound Archive]] as a separate statutory authority from July 1... The move has been welcomed by the Archive Forum group, which has lobbied for the archive to become a statutory authority since 2003 when the [[Howard government]] integrated the archive with the AFC, a funding and promotional organisation...}} <!---read via Newsbank---></ref>
He was appointed a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] (AM) in 2001, for contributions to Australian politics and public policy, particularly in relation to human rights and social justice.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=872196|recipient=Christopher John Guelph Puplick|award=Member of the Order of Australia|date=2001-06-11|postnominal=AM|access-date=2023-01-11}}</ref>
==Controversy== 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.<ref name=bio /><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Malley |first=Nick |date=3 May 2003 |title=Puplick quits after claims of favours |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/02/1051382095379.html |access-date=10 November 2010}}</ref>
==Memberships, Directorships== * Member, [[Australia Council for the Arts|Australia Council]] Theatre Board<ref>Australia Council, About Us, [http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/about_us/artform_boards/theatre_board/theatre_board_members Theatre board members], retrieved 2 October 2008</ref> * Member, [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] (NIDA) Board of Directors<ref>National Institute of Dramatic Art, [http://www.nida.edu.au/BOARD-OF-DIRECTORS/default.aspx Board of Directors], retrieved 2 October 2008</ref> * Chair, [[National Film and Sound Archive]] Board, 2008–2011<ref>The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, '[http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/archive/env/2008/pubs/mr20080620.pdf New Board Appointed for National Film and Sound Archive]', Media Release, 20 June 2008, retrieved 2 October 2008</ref> * Chair, Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases<ref>'[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s515654.htm AIDS – The Modern Scourge]', ''Ockams Razor'' (ABC Radio), 31 March 2002, retrieved 2 October 2008</ref> * NSW Privacy Commissioner, 1999–2003<ref>Privacy NSW, [http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/privacynsw/ll_pnsw.nsf/vwFiles/PrivacyNSW_AR_2002-03.pdf/$file/PrivacyNSW_AR_2002-03.pdf#target='_blank' Annual Report 2002-03], retrieved 2 October 2008</ref>
==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, ‘[http://www.aph.gov.au/SENATE/pubs/pops/pop14/c02.pdf How Parliament Works in Practice]’, in ''Parliamentary Perspectives 1991'', Papers on Parliament, No. 14, Department of the Senate, February 1992. *Chris Puplick, October 1, 2012, ''Platform Papers 33: Changing Times at NIDA'', Currency Press, {{ISBN|9780987211422}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianplays.org/script/CP-2643|title=Platform Papers 33: Changing Times at NIDA|publisher=australianplays.org|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.booktopia.com.au/platform-papers-33-october-2012-changing-times-at-nida-chris-puplick/prod9780987211422.html|title=Platform Papers 33, October 2012 Changing Times at NIDA|publisher=[[Booktopia]]|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref>
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