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'''Bevan Ernest Lawrence'''
==Education and profession==
Lawrence attended [[Aquinas College, Perth|Aquinas College]] and studied law at the [[University of Western Australia]], graduating in 1966.
==Political activism==
People for Fair and Open Government (PFOG) was established by Lawrence in 1989 shortly after the re-election of a [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] government led by [[Peter Dowding]] earlier that year. Group members included [[Patrick O'Brien (political scientist)|Paddy O'Brien]],<ref>{{Citation | author1=Lawrence, Bevan | title=Paddy's vision and the campaign to expose and combat WA Inc | journal=Power and Freedom in Modern Politics | publication-date=2002 | pages=89-104,231,243-248 | isbn=978-1-876268-79-4 }}</ref> who was a celebrated public figure of the group.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Moon, Jeremy | author2=Stone, Bruce, 1953- | title=Power and freedom in modern politics | publication-date=2002 | publisher=University of Western Australia Press | isbn=978-1-876268-79-4 }}</ref>▼
In 1987, he was a spokesperson for ''People Against the [[Australia Card]]'', a lobby group he founded with Professor [[Martyn Webb]], which organised a public rally of over 40,000 people through the centre of Perth in September 1987 in a synchronised national protest that led to abandonment of the relevant legislation by the [[Hawke government]]. The issue had been a trigger for the [[1987 Australian federal election|1987 double-dissolution election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2003/s875298.htm |title=Constitutional and electoral experts concerned over proposed Senate reforms|author=Nolan, Tanya |work=The World Today|date=9 June 2003|accessdate=30 October 2016|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>
▲''People for Fair and Open Government (PFOG)'' was established by Lawrence in 1989<ref>{{cite news |date=21 October 1989 |title=Lawyers will try to defeat WA Government |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122094102 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref> shortly after the re-election of a [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor
The group was formed after earlier Labor governments, led by [[Brian Burke (Australian politician)|Brian Burke]], had made questionable deals with business groups, a situation commonly referred to as [[WA Inc]]. By early 1990 [[Carmen Lawrence]] had replaced Dowding as premier
The public stances by the brother and sister over issues created a trail of news stories about them.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Thompson, Glenda | title=Feud in the west: Lawrence v Lawrence | journal=Bulletin (Sydney) |
In 1991 Lawrence published what he regarded as a conservative itemisation of the government's actual losses. The total he estimated
Lawrence also wrote reviews of books about corruption and government at the time, in other Australian states such as Queensland
Lawrence was regularly mentioned in federal politicians' comments about the Royal Commission, as well as political overviews of the era.<ref>[http://john.curtin.edu.au/lawrence/government.html The Lawrence Government: Perspective by David Black] at john.curtin.edu.au</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters | author2=Wilson, Roland Darling, Sir | author3=Kennedy, G. A | author4=Brinsden, Peter Frederick | author5=Government of Western Australia | title=Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and other Matters | date=1992 | publisher=Government Printer | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22221512 | accessdate=30 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Stone, Bruce | title=Accountability reform in Australia: the WA Inc Royal Commission in context | journal=Australian Quarterly | date=1993 | volume=65 | issue=2 | pages=17–30 | issn=0005-0091 | doi=10.2307/20635717 | jstor=20635717 }}</ref>
▲Lawrence also wrote reviews of books about corruption and government at the time, in other Australian states such as Queensland <ref> {{Citation | author1=Lawrence, Bevan | title=Corruption and Reform: The Fitzgerald Vision | journal=University of Western Australia Law Review | publication-date=1991-06-01 | publisher=University of Western Australia (Australia) | volume=21 | issue=n1 | pages=201-204 | issn=0042-0328 }} of the book {{Citation | author1=Queensland. Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct | author2=Prasser, Scott (ed.) | author3=Prasser, Scott, 1954- | author4=Nethercote, J. R. (John Raymond) | author5=Wear, Rae, 1950- | title=Corruption and reform : the Fitzgerald vision | publication-date=1990 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | isbn=978-0-7022-2234-4 }}</ref>
As a long term resident of [[Nedlands, Western Australia|Nedlands]] he has been instrumental in supporting sport in his area as well as being a councillor of the
▲As a long term resident of [[Nedlands, Western Australia|Nedlands]] he has been instrumental in supporting sport in his area as well as being a councillor of the Nedlands City <ref>http://www.pressreader.com/australia/western-suburbs-weekly/20151117/281672548839298</ref> <ref>http://www.nedlands.wa.gov.au/bevan-lawrence-sense-belonging-through-sport </ref>
==References==
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