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Hon Con Sciacca

Concetto Antonio "Con" Sciacca (born 13 June 1947), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996 and again from October 1998 to October 2004, representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland. He was born in Sicily, Italy, and was a solicitor and bank officer before entering politics.


Sciacca was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security from 1990-94. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Arts and Administrative Services 1993-94, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Administrative Services 1994, Minister for Veterans' Affairs 1994-96 and Minister Assisting the Treasurer for Superannuation 1995-96.


After his re-election in 1988, Sciacca was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1998-2001. Sciacca contested the new Division of Bonner at the 2004 election, but was narrowly defeated by Liberal candidate Ross Vasta.


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Sciacca - Wikipedia (6073 words)
A quest’ultimo subentrò Manfredi che, incoronato re nel 1258, mantenne Sciacca città demaniale con tutti i suoi privilegi.
Quando Pietro III d'Aragona, nella Chiesa della Martorana a Palermo, fu proclamato re di Sicilia nel 1282, Sciacca contribuì a dare il suo aiuto con le sue galere a sostegno delle lunghe guerre contro gli Angioini.
Fra le tante, per importanza, va ricordata la partecipazione di Sciacca e il suo naviglio alla battaglia di Ponza nel 1300: in quell'occasione fu fatto prigioniero il capitano della città Isidoro Incisa, che poi riuscì a fuggire e mettersi in salvo.
Con Sciacca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (180 words)
Concetto Antonio "Con" Sciacca AO (born 13 June 1947), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996 and again from October 1998 to October 2004, representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland.
Sciacca was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security from 1990-94.
Sciacca contested the new Division of Bonner at the 2004 election, but was narrowly defeated by Liberal candidate Ross Vasta.
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