John Reeves

Politician

1952 –

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Who is John Reeves?

John Edward Reeves is an Australian politician, lawyer and judge. He was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1984, a prominent barrister in Darwin afterwards, the author of the controversial 1999 Reeves Report on Aboriginal land rights, and has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since November 2007.

From 2007 to 2012, he was the only former politician serving on the Federal Court, and the only former politician serving on an Australian appellate court.

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Born
Jan 2, 1952
Queensland
Nationality
  • Australia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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