Jones, Barry Owen (1932- ). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry and abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the 'post-industrial' society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of 'the Third Age' and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the *Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983-90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987-90 and Customs 1988-90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991-95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992-2000, 2005-06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860- (1965), Joseph II (1968) and Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty Is Death (1968, revised and expanded 2022). Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership: Insights & Reflections, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016. He received a DSc in 1988 for his services to science and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 'living national treasures' in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services 'as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020. ; Jones, Barry Owen (1932- ). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry, abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the 'post-industrial' society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of 'the Third Age' and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983-90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987-90 and Customs 1988-90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991-95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992-2000, 2005-06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860- (1965), Joseph II (1968), Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty is Death (1968). Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016. He received a DSc for his services to science in 1988 and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have been elected to all four Australian learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 'living national treasures' in 1998, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services 'as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'

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<p><strong>Jones, Barry Owen</strong> (1932- ). Australianpolitician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated atMelbourne High School and Melbourne University, he was a publicservant, high school teacher, television and radio performer,university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in theVictorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House ofRepresentatives 1977-98. He took a leading role in reviving theAustralian film industry and abolishing the death penalty inAustralia, and was the first politician to raise public awarenessof global warming, the 'post‐industrial' society, the ITrevolution, biotechnology, the rise of 'the Third Age' and the needto preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the *Hawke Government,he was Minister for Science 1983-90, Prices and Consumer Affairs1987, Small Business 1987-90 and Customs 1988-90. He became amember of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991-95 and NationalPresident of the Australian Labor Party 1992-2000, 2005-06. He wasDeputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His booksinclude <em>Decades of Decision 1860-</em> (1965), <em>JosephII</em> (1968) and <em>Age of Apocalypse</em> (1975), and he edited<em>The Penalty Is Death</em> (1968, revised and expanded 2022).<em>Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work</em> waspublished by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestsellerand has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish andbraille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. <em>KnowledgeCourage Leadership: Insights & Reflections</em>, a collectionof speeches and essays, appeared in 2016.</p><p>He received a DSc in 1988 for his services to science and aDLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE(1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the onlyperson to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learnedAcademies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100'living national treasures' in 1997, he was elected a VisitingFellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. Hisautobiography, <em>A Thinking Reed</em>, was published in 2006 and<em>The Shock of Recognition</em>, about music and literature, in2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services 'as a leadingintellectual in Australian public life'. <em>What Is to BeDone</em> was published by Scribe in 2020.</p>Jones, Barry Owen (1932- ). Australian politician, writer andlawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was apublic servant, high school teacher, television and radioperformer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a LaborMP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House ofRepresentatives 1977-98. He took a leading role in reviving theAustralian film industry, abolishing the death penalty inAustralia, and was the first politician to raise public awarenessof global warming, the 'post-industrial' society, the ITrevolution, biotechnology, the rise of 'the Third Age' and the needto preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the Hawke Government, hewas Minister for Science 1983-90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987,Small Business 1987-90 and Customs 1988-90. He became a member ofthe Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991-95 and National Presidentof the Australian Labor Party 1992-2000, 2005-06. He was DeputyChairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books includeDecades of Decision 1860- (1965), Joseph II (1968), Age ofApocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty is Death (1968).Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published byOxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has beentranslated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. Thefourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership,a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016. He receiveda DSc for his services to science in 1988 and a DLitt in 1993 forhis work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993),FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have beenelected to all four Australian learned Academies. Awarded an AO in1993, named as one of Australia's 100 'living national treasures'in 1998, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of TrinityCollege, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, waspublished in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music andliterature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services 'as aleading intellectual in Australian public life'

Jones, Barry Owen (1932- ). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry, abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the 'post-industrial' society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of 'the Third Age' and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983-90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987-90 and Customs 1988-90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991-95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992-2000, 2005-06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860- (1965), Joseph II (1968), Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty is Death (1968). Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016. He received a DSc for his services to science in 1988 and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 'living national treasures' in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services 'as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020

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