Editing David Jull

{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = David Jull
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| primeminister      = [[John Howard]]
| office             = [[Department of Administrative Services (1994–97)|Minister for Administrative Services]]
| term_start         = 11 March 1996
| term_end           = 24 September 1997
| predecessor        = [[Frank Walker (Australian politician)|Frank Walker]]
| successor          = [[John Fahey (politician)|John Fahey]]<br /><small>''(as Minister for Finance and Administration)''</small>
| constituency_MP3 = [[Division of Bowman|Bowman]]
| parliament3 = Australian
| predecessor3 = [[Len Keogh]]
| successor3   = [[Len Keogh]]
| term_start3 = 13 December 1975
| term_end3 = 5 March 1983
| constituency_MP2 = [[Division of Fadden|Fadden]]
| parliament2 = Australian
| predecessor2 = [[David Beddall]]
| successor2 = [[Stuart Robert]]
| term_start2 = 1 December 1984
| term_end2 = 17 October 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1944|10|4}}
| birth_place = [[Kingaroy]], Queensland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|9|13|1944|10|4|df=y}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Australian
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Queensland]]
| occupation = Politician
}}

'''David Francis Jull''' (4 October 1944 – 13 September 2011) was an Australian politician. He was a long-serving [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] member of the [[House of Representatives (Australia)|Australian House of Representatives]], representing the [[Division of Bowman]], Queensland, from 1975 to 1983 and [[Division of Fadden|Fadden]], Queensland, from 1984 to 2007, serving a total of 30 years. He was a minister in the government of [[John Howard]].

==Early life==
Jull was born in [[Kingaroy]], Queensland, and was educated at the [[Anglican Church Grammar School]] and the [[University of Queensland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mason|first=James|title=Churchie: The Centenary Register|year=2011|publisher=The Anglican Church Grammar School|location=Brisbane, Australia|isbn=978-0-646-55807-3}}</ref> He was an announcer on radio and television from 1963 to 1965 and then a director of television station [[TVQ]], Brisbane until he entered politics.<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Australia|publisher=Crown Contents|place=North Melbourne|isbn=978-1-74095-160-9|page=1156|date=2008}}</ref> He was elected at the [[1975 Australian federal election|1975 general election]], but defeated in [[1983 Australian federal election|1983]].

He was Deputy General Manager of the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation 1983–84.<ref name=pbiog>{{cite web|title=Biography for Jull, the Hon. David Francis |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]] |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;db=;group=;holdingType=;id=;orderBy=;page=0;query=David%20Jull;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=Default |accessdate=25 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314012326/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Badv%3D%3Bdb%3D%3Bgroup%3D%3BholdingType%3D%3Bid%3D%3BorderBy%3D%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DDavid%20Jull%3Bquerytype%3D%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault |archivedate=14 March 2012 }}</ref>

==Politics==
Jull was reelected to parliament at the [[1984 Australian federal election|1984 election]].  He was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1989–94, and was [[Department of Administrative Services (1994–97)|Minister for Administrative Services]] 1996–97.<ref name=pbiog/> He resigned from the ministry following accusations that he had failed to prevent other MPs from abusing their parliamentary allowances.<ref>Ward, Ian: [https://archive.today/20120710193241/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1877/is_2_44/ai_n28722368/ A Government Under Pressure], ''Australian Journal of Politics and History'', June 1998</ref>

Jull was chair of the Parliamentary Committee on the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] 1997–2002, and of its successor, the [[Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security]] (formerly the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD), since 2002. In this capacity he presided over the Committee's inquiry into the performance of the Australian intelligence services in relation to [[Iraq]]'s [[weapons of mass destruction]] in 2003–04.

==Health problems and death==
Jull was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]], and in 2005 underwent surgery to remove one of his lungs,<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-03-08/gold-coast-mp-battles-lung-cancer/1531564 Gold Coast MP battles lung cancer], ''ABC News'', 8 March 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/david-jull-to-quit/story-e6frf7l6-1111112782563 David Jull to quit], ''Herald Sun'', 5 January 2007.</ref> He retired from Parliament at the 2007 election, by which time he was the fourth longest serving MP in Parliament.<ref name=pbiog/>

Jull died on 13 September 2011 in Brisbane, aged 66. He had no children.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Jeremy|title=Former Howard minister David Jull dead at 66|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-13/david-jull-dies/2897454|accessdate=13 September 2011|date=13 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=John Howard statement on David Jull|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-13/john-howard-statement-on-david-jull/2897668|work=ABC News|accessdate=13 September 2011|date=13 September 2011}}</ref> Jull was accorded a [[state funeral]], which took place on 23 September.<ref>{{cite news|last=Field|first=Donna|title=Mourners honour former MP Jull at state funeral|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-23/mourners-honour-former-mp-jull-at-state-funeral/2939608|accessdate=23 September 2011|newspaper=ABC News|date=23 September 2011}}</ref>

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{{succession box | title=Member for [[Division of Bowman|Bowman]] | before=[[Len Keogh]] | after=[[Len Keogh]] | years=1975–1983}}
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{{succession box | title=[[Department of Administrative Services (1994–97)|Minister for Administrative Services]] | before=[[Frank Walker (Australian politician)|Frank Walker]] | after=[[John Fahey (politician)|John Fahey]]<br /><small>''(as Minister for Finance and Administration)''</small> | years=1996–1997}}
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