Haddon Storey

Haddon Storey (born 15 May 1930) is a former politician from Victoria, Australia.

Early life Haddon Storey was born in Melbourne, to Elsdon Storey, a dentist, and Gwendoline Alberta Bellett, a dental nurse. He attended Scotch College and Melbourne University, where he received a Master of Law with Honours. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor, and practiced as a barrister from 1955, and was made a QC (now KC) in 1971. He was joint editor of the Law Council of Australia's newsletter from 1963 to 1969 and lecturer at the Council of Legal Education from 1963 to 1975. He was a long-standing member of the Liberal Party and served on the state executive from 1967 to 1971.

In 1958 he married Cecile Benjamin (1933–1997), and in the 1960s they had three boys. She was a teacher who was also active in the Liberal party, and later became known as a public advocate, with roles on various bodies including the United Nations Association and those concerned with women's issues and education.

Political career In 1971 Storey was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Liberal member for the Legislative Council (upper house) seat of East Yarra. After the 1976 state election, he was appointed to the second Hamer Ministry, serving as Attorney-General from 1976 to 1982, Minister for Federal Affairs from 1978 to 1982, and Minister for Consumer Affairs from 1981 to 1982. He also rewrote Victoria's sexual offences legislation on a gender neutral basis which included homosexual law reform.

From 1982 to 1992 whilst the Liberal Party was in opposition Storey held a number of shadow portfolios. In 1984 he produced a policy for reform of the public sector "that was to serve as the template for Liberal Party thinking over the next ten years".

Under the leadership of Jeff Kennett, the Liberal Party won the election of 1992, and Storey was again part of the front bench in the Kennett Ministry. From 1992 to 1996 he was Minister for Gaming, where he oversaw the bidding process for Victoria's first Casino. He has been described as a 'powerful influence' on Kennett.

After Politics He retired from politics in 1996, but remained active in various capacities. and remained there until 2006. Between 1996 and 2011 he was chair or member of several inquiries for both Liberal and Labor governments, including the Committee of Advice on University Governance in Victoria 1996-1997 (chair), Review of the Liquor Control Act 1987 1997-1998 (chair), Ministerial Committee on Seamless Education and Training 1999 (chair), Multicultural Victoria Act Consultative Committee 2004 (Member) and Human Rights Consultation Committee 2004-2005 (Member).

Publications At various points through his career he was author or co-author of a number of publications, including :

Storey Haddon, Real Estate Agency in Victoria, Butterworths,1967. Storey Haddon, with Goldberg, A.H., Real Estate Agency in Victoria 2nd Ed, Butterworths, 1974. Storey Haddon, with Harper, D.L. and Zichy-Woinarski, W.B., Paul's Summary and Traffic Offences 5th Ed., Law Book Co.,1982. Storey Haddon, with Evans, Gareth and McMillan, John, Australia's Constitution: Time for Change?, Allen and Unwin, 1983.