Donald McGauchie

Donald (Don) McGauchie is the Chairman of Telstra and a board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia. He was formerly president of the National Farmers' Federation from 1994 to 1998.

He is also Deputy Chairman of Ridley Corporation Ltd, a Director of National Foods Ltd, a Director of James Hardie Industries, and a Director of Nufarm Ltd.

He is a contributor to the Lavoisier Group, an Australian Climate change skeptic group, and to the HR Nicholls Society, and the Asialink Council. 

He played a key role in the 1998 waterfront dispute with the Maritime Union of Australia. "It was Donald McGauchie's employment of non-union labour to try and break the Maritime Union's stranglehold on the docks which sparked industrial warfare on the waterfront." 

External Resources

 * Donald McGauchie, The Role of the NFF in Australian Public Life], Proceedings of the XIXth H.R. Nicholls Society Conference, August 1998.
 * Govt appoints former NFF head to Reserve Board, ABC Radio National: PM, Thursday, 22 March, 2001.
 * Don McGauchie, Howard's mate, appointed Telstra Chairman, Melbourne Indymedia, July 31, 2004.