Timothy John "Tim" Moore (born 8 November 1948) is a former Australia

Australia

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n politician. He was the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 member for Gordon in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 from 1976 to 1992, and Minister from the Environment from 1989 to 1992.

Career

The son of Sir John Moore

John Moore (Australian jurist)

Sir John Cochrane Moore AC was an Australian jurist. In 1973 he became the presiding judge of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission...

, he was educated at Knox Grammar School

Knox Grammar School

Knox Grammar School is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, an upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

. He worked in various manual positions, including an iron ore mine in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

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, and in 1974 became Treasurer and Honorary Secretary of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia. In 1976, he was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 member for Gordon. He completed his Bachelor of Law through the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in 1977, in which year he also became a Shadow Minister.

Moore, who was convenor of the Liberal Friends of Israel

Israel

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, was appointed Minister for the Environment and Assistant Minister for Transport in 1988, when the Coalition

Coalition (Australia)

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 won government under Nick Greiner

Nick Greiner

Nicholas "Nick" Frank Hugo Greiner AC, is an Australian businessman and former politician. He was the 37th Premier New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. He was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 to 1988. He is married...

. His portfolio was reduced to Environment only in 1989.

Metherell affair

In April 1992, Moore announced a public exhibition and submission process for a National Parks and Wildlife Service

National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)

The National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia....

 assessment report for twenty three nominated wilderness areas, having been influenced by former Liberal minister-turned Independent

Independent (politician)

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 MP Terry Metherell

Terry Metherell

Terry Alan Metherell is a former Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Davidson in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1992. When the Liberal Party won the 1988 election, Premier Nick Greiner appointed him Minister for Education and Youth Affairs, a...

's "Wilderness (Declaration of New Areas) Bill 1992". Metherell was offered a position with the Environment Protection Agency by the government, which he accepted, but the Legislative Assembly referred Metherell's appointment to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which found that the dealings had been corrupt. Premier Greiner and Moore both resigned, although the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Supreme Court of New South Wales

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 later ruled that the ICAC had overreached its powers in making the decision. The by-election for Moore's seat was won by Liberal candidate Jeremy Kinross

Jeremy Kinross

Jeremy Stirton Prevost Kinross is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal Party member for Gordon in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1999....

.

Family life

Moore was married four times. His first marriage in 1973 produced no children; on 7 July 1979 he married Jane Stackpool, with whom he had twin daughters. They were later divorced, and Moore married Eve Gavel in 1994, with whom he had one son. They too were divorced, and Moore made his final marriage, to Leanne Philpott, on 28 February 1995.