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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Brad Hazzard
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| image = Bradley Hazzard, Lismore, December 2012 (crop).jpg
| office = [[Minister for Health
| term_start = 30 January 2017
| term_end = 28 March 2023
| premier = [[Gladys Berejiklian]]<br>[[Dominic Perrottet]]
| predecessor = [[Jillian Skinner]]
| successor = [[Ryan Park (politician)|Ryan Park]]
| office2 = [[Minister for Medical Research (New South Wales)|Minister for Medical Research]]
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| premier2 = [[Gladys Berejiklian]]<br>[[Dominic Perrottet]]
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| successor2 = [[Alister Henskens]] <small>(as [[Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology|Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology]])</small>
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| term_end5 = 23 January 2017
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| successor5 = [[Pru Goward]]
| office6 = [[Minister for Housing (New South Wales)#Social housing|Minister for Social Housing]]
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| premier6 = Mike Baird
| predecessor6 = [[Gabrielle Upton]] <small>(as [[Minister for Families and Communities|Minister for Families and Community Services]])</small>
| successor6 = [[Pru Goward]]
| office7 = [[Attorney General of New South Wales]]
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| predecessor7 = [[Greg Smith (New South Wales politician)|Greg Smith]]
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| order8 = [[Minister for Justice (New South Wales)|Minister for Justice]]
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| term_end8 = 2 April 2015
| predecessor8 = [[Greg Smith (New South Wales politician)|Greg Smith]]
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| order9 = [[Minister for Planning (New South Wales)|Minister for Planning and Infrastructure]]
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| term_end9 = 23 April 2014
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| constituency_MP10 = [[Electoral district of Wakehurst|Wakehurst]]
| parliament10 = New South Wales
| term_start10 = [[1991 New South Wales state election|25 May 1991]]
| term_end10 = 25 March 2023
| predecessor10 = [[John David Booth|John Booth]]
| successor10 = [[Michael Regan (Australian politician)|Michael Regan]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|8|30}}
| birth_place = Sydney
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal Party]]
| relations =
| spouse = {{marriage|Nicole Hazzard|2020|}}
| children = 2
| residence =
| occupation = Solicitor <br/> Teacher
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[University of Sydney]]|[[University of New South Wales]]|[[Macquarie University]]}}
| religion =
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| website = [http://bradhazzard.com.au/ Brad Hazzard MP webpage]
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'''Bradley Ronald "Brad" Hazzard''' (born 30 August 1951) is a retired Australian politician who served as the member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] district of [[Electoral district of Wakehurst|Wakehurst]] between May 1991 and March 2023.
A member of the [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal Party]],<ref name=nswpl>{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=6 |name=Mr (Brad) Bradley Ronald Hazzard, BA, DipEd, LLB(NSW), LLM(Syd) MP |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> Hazzard has
==Background and early career==
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In 1983, Hazzard joined the Liberal Party and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming regional president and a member of the state executive from 1985 to 1986.<ref name=nswpl/> Hazzard was pre-selected as Liberal Party candidate for Wakehurst in April 1991, ahead of the sitting Liberal Party member [[John David Booth|John Booth]]. He was elected to NSW Legislative Assembly in [[1991 New South Wales state election|1991]] and sat in the backbench during the [[Nick Greiner|Greiner]] and [[John Fahey (politician)|Fahey]] governments.<ref name=brad/>
Hazzard played a role in the
| year = 2000 | pages = 293–297 | type = hardback | location = Sydney | isbn = 978-1-86287-659-0 }}</ref>
The government subsequently created the job for Metherell, which he accepted, effectively engineering a vacancy in a seat that the Liberal Party would recover at a by-election. At the [[1992 Davidson state by-election|May 1992 by-election]] the Labor Party did not nominate a candidate, and a field of Independents and minor parties reduced the Liberal vote by 16 points (14 points after preferences), nevertheless won by Liberal candidate [[Andrew Humpherson]].<ref name="date">{{cite news | title=NSW By-Elections Background | date=12 September 2005 | work = ABC Election Guide 2005 | publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2005/guide/background.htm | access-date = 30 April 2011 | author = Green, Antony | author-link= Antony Green}}</ref>
===NSW Opposition===
After the Labor Party won the 1995 election, Hazzard was appointed to the Opposition frontbench and held various shadow portfolios. Under Opposition Leader [[Peter Collins (New South Wales politician)|Peter Collins]], Hazzard was Shadow Minister for Corrective and Emergency Services (
Under [[Kerry Chikarovski]] he was Shadow Minister for Housing (1999–2000), Corrective Services (1999–2000), Disability Services and Ageing ( Under [[Peter Debnam]] and [[Barry O'Farrell]] he was Shadow Minister for Education (
===NSW Government===
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Due to the resignation of [[Barry O'Farrell]] as Premier,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/barry-ofarrell-quits-as-nsw-premier-over-memory-fail/story-fn59niix-1226886224077 |title=Barry O'Farrell quits as NSW Premier over memory fail |date=16 April 2014 |work=[[The Australian]] |access-date=23 April 2014 }}</ref> and the subsequent ministerial reshuffle by [[Mike Baird (politician)|Mike Baird]], the new Liberal Leader,<ref name="smh.com.au"/> in April 2014 Hazzard was sworn in as the Attorney General and as the Minister for Justice; and lost the portfolio of Planning and Infrastructure.<ref name="nswpl"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/mike-bairds-nsw-cabinet-20140422-371j4.html |title=Mike Baird's NSW cabinet |date=22 April 2014 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=23 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-22/premier-mike-baird-to-announce-new-cabinet-line-up/5402930/ |title=Baird Cabinet announced: Premier promotes Constance to Treasurer, makes way for five new MPs |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |date=22 April 2014 |access-date=22 April 2014 }}</ref> In April 2015, following the [[2015 New South Wales state election|2015 state election]], Hazzard was sworn in as the Minister for Family and Community Services and the Minister for Social Housing in the second Baird ministry.<ref name="smh Baird second ministry" />
Following the resignation of Baird as Premier,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.thesatellite.com.au/news/baird-resigns-nsw-premier-quit-top-job-and-parliam/3133375/|first=Owen|last=Jacques|title=Baird resigns: NSW Premier to quit top job and Parliament|work=The Satellite|date=19 January 2017|access-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002956/http://m.thesatellite.com.au/news/baird-resigns-nsw-premier-quit-top-job-and-parliam/3133375/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Gladys Berejiklian]] was elected as [[Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party|Liberal leader]] and sworn in as Premier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swearing-In of The Honourable Gladys Berejiklian MP, the 45th Premier of New South Wales, and The Honourable John Barilaro MP, Deputy Premier|url=https://www.governor.nsw.gov.au/governor/vice-regal-program/monday-23-january-2017/|website=Vice Regal Program|publisher=Governor of New South Wales|access-date=27 January 2017|date=23 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042336/https://www.governor.nsw.gov.au/governor/vice-regal-program/monday-23-january-2017/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ministers|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/pages/ministers.aspx|website=parliament.nsw.gov.au|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Clennell|first1=Andrew|title=Premier Gladys Berejiklian plans major reshuffle for cabinet|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/premier-gladys-berejiklian-plans-major-reshuffle-for-cabinet/news-story/1bb77d4e287dc82004f80186e40d18f0|access-date=27 January 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 January 2017}}</ref> The [[First Berejiklian ministry|Berejiklian ministry]] was subsequently formed with Hazzard sworn in as the Minister for Health and the Minister for Medical Research with effect from 30 January 2017.<ref name=gladys/> Following the [[2019 New South Wales state election|2019 state election]] the two portfolios were merged as the Minister for Health and Medical Research.<ref name="gazette-2019-04-03"/> In December 2021, Hazzard was sworn in as the Minister for Health, with the responsibilities of the Office of Medical Research transferred to the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, [[Alister Henskens]].<ref name="Gazette 2021-12-21">{{Gazette NSW |title=Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police |issue=662 |date=21 December 2021 |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2021_2021-662.pdf}}</ref>
On 25 October 2022, Hazzard announced his retirement from politics ahead of the [[2023 New South Wales state election|2023 state election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-24 |title=NSW health minister Brad Hazzard to retire from politics at state election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/25/nsw-health-minister-brad-hazzard-to-retire-from-politics-at-state-election |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Hazzard has two adult sons.<ref name=brad>{{cite web |title=Profile |work=webpage |publisher=Brad Hazzard, MP |url=http://www.bradhazzard.com.au/pages/about-brad.php |access-date=21 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928113517/http://www.bradhazzard.com.au/pages/about-brad.php |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}</ref> Hazzard married his second wife Nicole in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/fear-of-the-unknown-hazzard-on-the-pandemic-and-30-years-as-an-mp-20210106-p56s5f.html | title='Fear of the unknown': Hazzard on the pandemic and 30 years as an MP |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald | date=2021-01-09 | access-date=2021-01-09 }}</ref>
==Policies and beliefs==
In August 2019, Brad Hazzard came out in support of removing abortion as a criminal offence (after 119 years within the NSW [[Crimes Act 1900]] section(s) 82–84)<ref>[https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/~/pdf/view/act/1900/40/part3/div12 Crime Act 1900 No 40]</ref> via a bill he co-sponsored with 14 others of all different political parties and independents.<ref>[https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3654 Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill]</ref><ref>
==See also==
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*[[Second Berejiklian ministry]]
*[[First Perrottet ministry|Perrottet ministry]]
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