John Dawkins

The Honourable John Dawkins AO
Dawkins in 1984
Treasurer of Australia
In office 27 December 1991 – 22 December 1993
Prime Minister	Paul Keating
Preceded by	Ralph Willis
Succeeded by	Ralph Willis
Minister for Employment, Education and Training
In office 24 July 1987 – 27 December 1991
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke Paul Keating
Preceded by	Susan Ryan
Succeeded by	Kim Beazley
Minister for Trade
In office 13 December 1984 – 24 July 1987
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Preceded by	Lionel Bowen
Succeeded by	Michael Duffy
Minister for Finance
In office 11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Preceded by	Dame Margaret Guilfoyle
Succeeded by	Peter Walsh
Member of the Australian Parliament for Fremantle
In office 10 December 1977 – 4 February 1994
Preceded by	Kim Beazley
Succeeded by	Carmen Lawrence
Member of the Australian Parliament for Tangney
In office 18 May 1974 – 13 December 1975
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Peter Richardson
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-02) 2 March 1947 (age 77) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouses	Kate Maggie Maruff ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	3 (and 1 step-child)
Alma mater	University of Western Australia
Occupation	Economist

John Sydney "Joe"^[1] Dawkins AO (born 2 March 1947) is an Australian former politician who was Treasurer in the Keating Labor government from December 1991 to December 1993. He is notable for his reforms of tertiary education as Minister for Employment, Education and Training, his period as Treasurer when he attempted to increase taxes in order to balance the budget and his abrupt exit from politics.