Re-appointed for a second 3 year term until 9 August 2024.

Photo credit: Irene Dowdy, ID Photo 

About Brett

Dr Brett Mason was a Senator for Queensland from 1999 to 2015, serving in the Howard and Abbott ministries.  He resigned from Parliament to become Australia's Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.  He believes that libraries are not only essential gateways to knowledge but also tell the story of who we are. In January 2021 he was appointed as a member of the Council of Griffith University. 

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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