{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1935)}} {{distinguish|Peter Baum|Pierre Baume (disambiguation){{!}}Pierre Baume}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Peter Baume | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Australia|AC]] | image = Peter Baume 1974 (cropped).jpg | caption = Baume in 1974 | office = [[Minister for Education (Australia)|Minister for Education]] | prime_minister = [[Malcolm Fraser]] | predecessor = [[Wal Fife]] | successor = [[Susan Ryan]] | term_start = 7 May 1982 | term_end = 11 March 1983 | office1 = [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]] | prime_minister1 = [[Malcolm Fraser]] | predecessor1 = [[Michael MacKellar]] | successor1 = [[Jim Carlton]] | term_start1 = 20 April 1982 | term_end1 = 7 May 1982 | office2 = [[Minister for Indigenous Australians|Minister for Aboriginal Affairs]] | prime_minister2 = [[Malcolm Fraser]] | predecessor2 = [[Fred Chaney]] | successor2 = [[Ian Wilson (Australian politician)|Ian Wilson]] | term_start2 = 3 November 1980 | term_end2 = 7 May 1982 | title3 = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[New South Wales]] | term_start3 = 18 May 1974 | term_end3 = 28 January 1991 | successor3 = [[John Tierney (Australian politician)|John Tierney]] | birth_name = Peter Erne Baume | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1935|1|30}} | birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Tuson|1958}} | party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] | relations = [[Frederick Baume]] (grandfather)<br/>[[Rosetta Baume]] (grandmother)<br/>[[Eric Baume]] (uncle) | children = | alma_mater = [[University of Sydney]] | occupation = Physician | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} [[File:Peter Baume Building Oct 2012.JPG|thumb|The northern face of the Peter Baume Building at the ANU. This building houses the ANU's School of Medicine]]
'''Peter Erne Baume''', [[Order of Australia|AC]] (born 30 January 1935) is a retired Australian doctor and politician. He was a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[New South Wales]] from 1974 to 1991, representing the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]. He served as [[Minister for Indigenous Australians|Minister for Aboriginal Affairs]] (1980–1982) and [[Minister for Education (Australia)|Minister for Education]] (1982–1983) in the [[Fraser government]].
==Early life== Baume was born in [[Sydney]] on 30 January 1935. He was the son of Jean (née Brodziak) and Sidney Erne Baume. His paternal grandfather [[Frederick Baume]] was a member of parliament in New Zealand, while his grandmother [[Rosetta Baume]] was one of the first women to stand for parliament in New Zealand.<ref name=bio>{{cite news|url=https://biography.senate.gov.au/baume-peter-erne/|title=Baume, Peter Erne (1935– )|work=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate|year=2017|first=Clive|last=Beauchamp}}</ref>
Baume spent his early childhood in [[Melbourne]], where his father was manager of radio station [[3UZ]]. He attended Ormond State School and Grimwade House, [[Melbourne Grammar School]]'s preparatory school. The family later returned to Sydney where they settled in the suburb of [[Collaroy, New South Wales|Collaroy]]. Baume completed his education at Narrabeen Public School, [[North Sydney Boys High School]], and [[Sydney Grammar School]]. After leaving school he completed his [[National Service (Australia)|national service]] as a medical orderly at [[RAAF Base Richmond]].<ref name=bio/>
Baume went on to study medicine at the [[University of Sydney]], graduating [[MBBS]] in 1959. He completed his medical residency at the [[Royal North Shore Hospital]] and was admitted to the [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]] in 1962.<ref name=bio/> He subsequently studied [[gastroenterology]] in the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title= Baume, Peter Erne - Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive |url= http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Baume,_Peter_Erne |publisher=[[University of Sydney]] Medicine }}</ref> He received the further degree of [[Doctor of Medicine]] from the University of Sydney in 1969. Baume worked in private practice as a gastroenterologist and physician at Royal North Shore Hospital before entering parliament. He was also a clinical lecturer at the [[University of Sydney]].<ref name=aph>{{cite web | title =Biography for Baume, the Hon. Peter Erne, AO | publisher =[[Parliament of Australia]] | work =ParlInfo Web | url =http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=8025&table=BIOGS | access-date =17 December 2007 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070915111758/http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?TABLE=biogs&ID=8025 | archive-date =15 September 2007 | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref name=anu>{{cite web | title = Peter Erne Baume, citation for an honorary degree | publisher =[[Australian National University]] | url =http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/hdc/BAUMECitation.pdf | access-date = 17 December 2007 }}</ref>
==Political career== Baume was elected to the [[Senate of Australia|Senate]] for New South Wales, representing the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] at the [[1974 Australian federal election|1974 election]]. As a backbencher he chaired the Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare, which produced two reports: "Drug problems in Australia—an intoxicated society?" (1977) and "Through a glass darkly: evaluation in Australian health and welfare services" (1979).<ref name=mja/> He was the [[Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Aboriginal Affairs]] from November 1980 to May 1982 and [[Minister for Health and Ageing (Australia)|Minister for Health]] from 20 April 1982 to 7 May 1982 following [[Michael MacKellar]]'s resignation as minister. He was then [[Minister for Education (Australia)|Minister for Education]] until the [[Malcolm Fraser|Fraser]] government's defeat in the [[1983 Australian federal election|March 1983 election]]. He was the parliamentary representative on the Council of the [[Australian National University]] from February 1986 until his resignation from parliament.<ref name=aph/><ref name="Au Senate">{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=baume-peter-erne|name=BAUME, Peter Erne (1935– )|first=Clive|last=Beauchamp|access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref>
In 1987 when Baume was Shadow Minister for the Status of Women he contravened Liberal Party policy by voting for a bill giving equal employment opportunity in some government-owned bodies. He considered he was "... finished in the Liberal Party. It is true that one is allowed to cross the floor in the Liberal Party of Australia, but my philosophical liberal principles sat poorly with the increasingly dominant radical conservatism of others. It was time again for a change of career."<ref name=mja>{{cite journal | first= Peter | last=Baume | title = Service in three careers | journal =Medical Journal of Australia | issue=11–12 | year=2000 | volume=173 | pages=643–6 | doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb139371.x | pmid=11379516 | s2cid=36215271 | url =http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/173_11_041200/baume/baume.html | access-date = 17 December 2007 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> He resigned from parliament in January 1991.<ref name=aph/><ref name="Au Senate" />
Baume is a cousin of former Liberal Senator [[Michael Baume]].
==After politics== Baume was Professor of Community Medicine at the [[University of New South Wales]] (UNSW) from 1991 to 2000 and studied [[euthanasia]], drug policy and evaluation. Since 2000, he has been an honorary research associate with the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW. He works as a facilitator of bi-weekly scenario groups for the first and second year of the university's medical program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://med.unsw.edu.au/people/emeritus-professor-peter-baume |title=Emeritus Professor Peter Baume |work=Our people |publisher=[[UNSW Australia]] |access-date=4 June 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040015/http://med.unsw.edu.au/people/emeritus-professor-peter-baume |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of the [[Australian National University]] from 1994 to 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/prof-peter-baume-receives-ac-20080609-2nrj.html |title=Prof Peter Baume receives AC |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=9 June 2008 |access-date=11 April 2018 }}</ref> He has also been Commissioner of the [[Australian Law Reform Commission]], Deputy Chair of the Australian National Council on AIDS and Foundation Chair of the [[Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority]] from 1991 to 1998.<ref name=anu/> He was appointed a director of [[Sydney Water]] in 1998 following the discovery of [[cryptosporidium]] in Sydney's water supply.<ref name=mja/>
== Awards == Baume was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] in January 1992 in recognition of service to the Australian Parliament.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=884429|recipient=The Honourable Professor Peter Erne Baume|award=Officer of the Order of Australia|date=1992-01-26|postnominal=AO|access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref> In June 2008 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1138581|recipient=The Honourable Emeritus Professor Peter Erne Baume|award=Companion of the Order of Australia|date=2008-06-09|postnominal=AC|citation=For service to advancing higher education as an academic, researcher and administrator, and to the community through leadership roles in organisations addressing significant public health and social policy issues|access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref> He received an honorary doctorate from the Australian National University in December 2004.<ref name=anu/> in August 2016 Baume was recognised in the [[Disability Employment Australia]] Hall of Fame for "his role in the 1994 Review of the Commonwealth Disability Services Program" (later dubbed the Baume Review).<ref name="dis-oz-hall-fame">{{cite web |title=The Honourable Emeritus Professor Peter Baume AC - Awarded August 2016 |url=https://disabilityemployment.org.au/about-us/hall-of-fame/item/3073/ |website=disabilityemployment.org.au |publisher=Disability Employment Australia |access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref>
The ANU 'Peter Baume Award', recognises "eminent achievement and merit of the highest order". It was first conferred in 2004.<ref name ="baume award">{{cite web |title=Peter Baume Award |url=https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/achieve-recognise/peter-baume-award |website=services.anu.edu.au |publisher=Australian National University |access-date=8 December 2020 }}</ref>
Baume is a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
==Personal life== Baume married Jennifer Tuson in 1958 and they have one son and one daughter, the latter of whom has three children.<ref>{{cite book |author= |title=Who's Who in Australia |publisher=Crown Content |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-74095-160-9 |editor-last=Suzannah |editor-first=Pearce |location=North Melbourne |pages=2303 |editor-last2=Sullivan |editor-first2=Leanne |editor-last3=Vuillermin |editor-first3=Daniel}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef| before=[[Fred Chaney]]}} {{s-ttl | title= [[Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Aboriginal Affairs]] | years=1980–1982}} {{s-aft| after=[[Ian Wilson (Australian politician)|Ian Wilson]] }} {{s-bef| before=[[Michael MacKellar]]}} {{s-ttl | title= [[Minister for Health and Ageing (Australia)|Minister for Health]] | years=1982}} {{s-aft| after=[[Jim Carlton]] }} {{s-bef| before=[[Wal Fife]]}} {{s-ttl | title= [[Minister for Education (Australia)|Minister for Education]] | years=1982–1983}} {{s-aft| after=[[Susan Ryan]] }} {{s-aca}} {{S-bef|before=[[Geoffrey Yeend]]}} {{s-ttl |title= [[List of Australian National University people#Chancellors|Chancellor of the Australian National University]] |years= 1994{{spaced ndash}}2006 }} {{s-aft|after=[[Allan Hawke]]}} {{s-end}}
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