Ron Hoenig is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n Barrister at Law

Barrister

A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...

 and is the Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of the City of Botany Bay

City of Botany Bay

The City of Botany Bay is a Local Government Area in south eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It encompasses the suburbs to the north of Botany Bay, such as Botany. The administrative centre is located at Mascot, which is 7 km south of the Sydney central business...

. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

. After being elected as a councillor

Councillor

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 in 1980, he became mayor in 1981 and has held that position continuously since. He is the longest serving mayor in the history of the Botany Bay council, and has campaigned against the expansion of both the Botany Port and Sydney Airport

Sydney Airport

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.

Hoenig is also a practising barrister, and has recently acted as the counsel assisting the inquiry into the case of Dianne Brimble

Dianne Brimble

Dianne Elizabeth Brimble died aboard a P&O Cruises cruise ship of a drug overdose. She is alleged to have been neglected and received callous treatment at the hands of passengers she was with at the time of taking the drug...

. He has made recommendations that up to three of the persons assisting the inquiry could face prosecution.