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Steve Bracks joined the Australian Labor Party in 1974 and was Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. As a party elder, Steve Bracks conducted the review of the Federal ALP following the 2010 election result. He is an adviser to Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Xanana Gusmao, chairs the superannuation fund Cbus; the industry body for subscription TV, ASTRA; and is an adviser to KPMG. He is a non-executive director of numerous non-profit and industry bodies including the Deakin (University) Foundation, the Bionics Institute, Jardine Lloyd Thomson Australia, the John Button Foundation, the Union Education Foundation and the Beirut Hellenic Bank. He lives in Melbourne with his wife Terry and their three children.

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