Brian Billard was an Australian scientist who represented the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Newland for the Liberal Party from 1979 to 1982.[1] Whilst a Member of Parliament he was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Land Settlement.[1]

Prior to his retirement in the early 2000s, Billard headed the Military Computing Systems branch at Defence Science and Technology Organisation's Salisbury site (now named Edinburgh), with a focus on "trusted systems".[2] In 1997 he was appointed an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland.[3]

On retirement, Billard and his wife Liz worked on an education project in China.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr Brian Billard". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cyberwarfare: The Story". The Science Show. ABC. 13 March 1999.
  3. ↑ Second adjunct professor round soon to be considered, 24 April 1997, University of Queensland.
  4. ↑ China Minority Education Project – Partnership Phase – $50,607, www.sila.org.au
  5. ↑ Chinese Minority Education (CHiME) Project, Annual Report 2014, Summer Institute of Linguistics Australia, Page 9.


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