The Honourable Kevin Andrews AM
The late Hon. Kevin Andrews served in the Australian Commonwealth Parliament from 1991 until 2022 as the member for the Victorian seat of Menzies in the House of Representatives.
Mr Andrews held a number of Ministerial and Cabinet appointments during his time in Parliament, including serving as Minister for Defence (2014-2015), Minister for Social Services (2013–2014), Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2007), Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service (2003–2007), and Minister for Ageing (2001-2003).
More recently, Kevin was the Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System, Chairman of the Human Right Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and Chairman of the House Privileges and Member’s Interests Committee. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security.
The Canberra Declaration is deeply thankful for Kevin Andrews' life and legacy. We regularly republished columns from his commentary site, Kevin's Columns.
Articles by The Honourable Kevin Andrews AM:
21 July 2023
4 MINS
For millions of people worldwide, TikTok is a popular social media site that allows them to upload their favourite video clips. Ranging from just three seconds to ten minutes, the videos are shared by a multitude of people each day, of which 40 percent are [...]
18 July 2023
4.1 MINS
Every now and then an event occurs that offers a glimpse into the minds of the silent majority. Having been repeatedly told by the loud woke left that their views are racist, homophobic, anti-trans -- or just plain wrong and not to be uttered in [...]
10 July 2023
2.7 MINS
I was reminded that Shangri-La is a fictional utopian paradise valley in Tibet as I read the remarks of the Chinese defence minister to the Singaporean defence and security conference held in the hotel named after the mythical land. In his speech on "China's New [...]
5 July 2023
2.9 MINS
It is consoling to learn that the Chinese ambassador to Australia is concerned about how we spend our taxes. What, I wondered, could he impart to us about the expenditure of taxes by the Chinese authorities? Perhaps we could be building dozens of coal-fired power [...]
29 June 2023
3 MINS
Historically, threats to religious freedom have arisen mostly from the dominance of one religion over others, or from the state sanctioning an official religion. More recently, some states, such as the Chinese communist regime, have endeavoured to repress religious belief and practice entirely. While these [...]
27 June 2023
3.7 MINS
The idea of recognising indigenous Australians in the Constitution is not new. Twenty-five years ago, it was a topic of major discussion at the constitutional convention as delegates grappled with the competing claims of symbolism and workability. How could the desire for recognition be aligned with [...]
9 June 2023
4 MINS
Lessons for the Liberal Party from the Moira Deeming saga. On most days that the Australian Parliament sits, there is one – sometimes two or three – rallies on the lawns in front of the building. Most parliamentarians are unaware of these events, unless they [...]
8 June 2023
4.3 MINS
The loss of the federal seat of Aston by the Liberal Party is, unfortunately, simply the latest chapter in a saga of defeat and decline. A Long Trend of Decline Consider the record. In the past few years, the Liberals have lost government in Western [...]
6 June 2023
4 MINS
Now the left is coming after our church hospital. In this case, Calvary. It has been the practice of authoritarians down the ages to appropriate the property and assets of individuals and institutions they have sought to silence and subjugate. The examples are manifold. From [...]
1 June 2023
2.5 MINS
Are Australian business people being targeted by operatives of the CCP to provide sensitive information and data to the Chinese regime? The question arises following the arrest of a Sydney businessman, Alexander Csergo, following a joint Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce [...]
30 May 2023
3.9 MINS
China cannot be trusted to fulfill its part of the bargain. How should the Vatican respond to the persecution of religious followers, including Catholics, by the Chinese Communist Party? In a recent article in MercatorNet, Michael Cook, having recognised the ongoing persecution of millions of believers, [...]
26 May 2023
4.2 MINS
This last weekend the State Council of the Victorian Liberal Party met in Bendigo. What a jolly gathering it was. One group of the delegates was fawning over the leadership for the decisive handling of the Deeming issue. Another was there who were devastated by [...]





