Scott Driscoll
Encyclopedia
Scott Driscoll is the National President of the United Retail Federation
, which is a high profile peak Australian retail industry organisation.
He was elected unopposed as Honorary National President of the organisation and is understood to be highly regarded across his membership for his determined and relentless advocacy on behalf of the small business sector.
Driscoll is also Honorary Chairman of the Australian Small Business Coalition.
Driscoll has been an aggressive policy critic of the Australian Labor Government and is known for being a strong advocate for small businesses and many of the policies of the Liberal Party. Driscoll was an early supporter of the current Australian Liberal Party leader, Tony Abbott
.
in the state of Queensland. He has owned and run various small businesses and has also worked as a financial adviser for major banks and financial institutions in Australia.
He is active across all media. As National President of the United Retail Federation he makes regular national media appearances on television, radio and in print media.
Driscoll is an active user of Social Media
as a means of communication, regularly commenting via his Twitter account and his Facebook account
where he was born and still lives.
Driscoll was reported to have been approached by the Liberal National Party of Queensland regarding running for election at the federal election in 2010, but declined.
He currently is and formerly has sat on various government steering committees, advocating on behalf of his members and the broader retail and small business community in Australia.
United Retail Federation
The United Retail Federation is an industrial organisation of employers and one of Australia's oldest. It traces its origins to Grocers Associations in 1887...
, which is a high profile peak Australian retail industry organisation.
He was elected unopposed as Honorary National President of the organisation and is understood to be highly regarded across his membership for his determined and relentless advocacy on behalf of the small business sector.
Driscoll is also Honorary Chairman of the Australian Small Business Coalition.
Driscoll has been an aggressive policy critic of the Australian Labor Government and is known for being a strong advocate for small businesses and many of the policies of the Liberal Party. Driscoll was an early supporter of the current Australian Liberal Party leader, Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott
Anthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...
.
Background
Driscoll was born in and resides in RedcliffeRedcliffe
Redcliffe City is a municipal location north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Also known as "the Redcliffe peninsula", the area covers the suburbs of Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Newport, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough and Woody Point.Redcliffe is home...
in the state of Queensland. He has owned and run various small businesses and has also worked as a financial adviser for major banks and financial institutions in Australia.
National President
His official biography as National President states that he has overall responsibility for the Federation in Australia as the elected Honorary National President.He is active across all media. As National President of the United Retail Federation he makes regular national media appearances on television, radio and in print media.
Driscoll is an active user of Social Media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
as a means of communication, regularly commenting via his Twitter account and his Facebook account
Political career
Driscoll has accepted Liberal National Party of Queensland endorsement to run for the 2011/2012 Queensland state election for the electorate of RedcliffeRedcliffe
Redcliffe City is a municipal location north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Also known as "the Redcliffe peninsula", the area covers the suburbs of Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Newport, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough and Woody Point.Redcliffe is home...
where he was born and still lives.
Driscoll was reported to have been approached by the Liberal National Party of Queensland regarding running for election at the federal election in 2010, but declined.
He currently is and formerly has sat on various government steering committees, advocating on behalf of his members and the broader retail and small business community in Australia.