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Rex Jackson
Rex Jackson
NSW Minister for Corrective Services
	In office; 2 October 1981 – 27 October 1983
Premier	Neville Wran
Preceded by	Bill Haigh
Succeeded by	Peter Anderson
NSW Minister for Roads
	In office; 1 February 1983 – 27 October 1983
Premier	Neville Wran
Preceded by	Paul Whelan
Succeeded by	Laurie Brereton
NSW Minister for Youth and Community Services
	In office; 14 May 1976 – 2 October 1981
Premier	Neville Wran
Preceded by	Jim Clough
Succeeded by	Kevin Stewart
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; for Bulli
	In office; 1955–71
Preceded by	Lawrence Kelly
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; for Heathcote
	In office; 1971–86
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Ian McManus
Personal details
Born	7 October 1928; Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 December 2011 (aged 83); New South Wales
Spouse	Irene Jackson

Rex Jackson
Rex Jackson
Criminal status	Released
Motive	Gambling debts
Conviction(s)	Guilty
Criminal charge	Conspiring over the release of prisoners
Penalty	Ten years custody with a five years non-parole period; (on appeal by The Crown to the Court of Criminal Appeal)

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Rex Frederick Jackson (7 October 1928 – 31 December 2011) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and subsequently imprisoned for conspiracy.

Early life

Jackson was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, the son of a railway fettler. He was educated at Harefield Public School and Junee, and Sutherland High Schools. He married his wife, Irene, in 1949.^[3]

Career

Jackson was a rail employee, professional boxer and printer. He was the member for Bulli from 1955 to 1971, and the member for Heathcote from 1971 to 1986, representing the Labor Party. He was Minister for Youth and Community Services from May 1976 to October 1981.^[4] Under his tenure, the Department began funding youth refuges located in NSW, including Caretakers Cottage, Young People's Refuge and Taldamunde Youth Services.^[5]

Jackson was then Minister for Corrective Services from October 1981 to October 1983. He was also Minister for Roads from February to October 1983.^[4] He resigned his ministerial portfolios on 27 October 1983 and from parliament on 13 August 1986. He was charged with corruption and sent to trial in 1987. The District Court found that Jackson accepted a bribe of A$12,000 in 1983 and that he conspired to organise the early release of three prisoners from Broken Hill Correctional Centre to meet gambling debts.^[1] He was initially sentenced to serve seven and a half years in custody (with three years without parole). However, in 1988 The Crown appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal against the leniency of the sentence. Jackson was subsequently sent to prison for ten years, with a non-parole period of five years,^[1]^[6]^[7] serving time at Berrima Correctional Centre.^[8]

Later years

Following his early release from prison in November 1990, after serving three years and two months of his 10-year term, he returned to his Helensburgh home and was welcomed back by many in his community.^[9]

For some years, Jackson operated an ice cream van with business partner Col Alexander, called "Col and Rex's Hot Dogs and Ice Cream" which regularly parked at the top of Bald Hill, a popular hang-gliding spot in Stanwell Tops, south of Sydney. Jackson's wife Irene suffered from arthritis and diabetes, and had a stroke just six weeks after his homecoming. She was hospitalised and then placed in a nursing home, dying in early 1993.^[3]

Jackson died on 31 December 2011, aged 83.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Appeal court increases Jackson's sentence". The Age. 24 June 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Rex Jackson dies aged 83". ABC News. Australia. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Tarrant, Deborah (10 July 1993). "Rex and the Good Life". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr Rex Frederick Jackson (1928–2011)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ Coffey, Michael. "What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW." Parity. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23-25.
^ Report on investigation into the Silverwater filling operation. Independent Commission Against Corruption. 1 February 1990. ISBN 0-7305-7436-9. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
^ R v Jackson (1988) 33 A Crim R 413, Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW). LawCite search.
^ ^a ^b "Time runs out for disgraced prisons minister". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ Macey, Richard (10 November 1990). "Back Home in Helensburgh, Rex Jackson is Still a Hero". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Lawrence Kelly	Member for Bulli 1955–1971	Succeeded by Seat abolished
Preceded by New seat	Member for Heathcote 1971–1986	Succeeded by Ian McManus

[appeal-1] "Appeal court increases Jackson's sentence". The Age. 24 June 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[2] "Rex Jackson dies aged 83". ABC News. Australia. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[SH-3] Tarrant, Deborah (10 July 1993). "Rex and the Good Life". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[rex79-4] "Mr Rex Frederick Jackson (1928–2011)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[coffey1-5] Coffey, Michael. "What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW." Parity. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23-25.

[filling-6] Report on investigation into the Silverwater filling operation. Independent Commission Against Corruption. 1 February 1990. ISBN 0-7305-7436-9. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

[7] R v Jackson (1988) 33 A Crim R 413, Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW). LawCite search.

[timeout-8] "Time runs out for disgraced prisons minister". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[9] Macey, Richard (10 November 1990). "Back Home in Helensburgh, Rex Jackson is Still a Hero". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

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+{{Infobox criminal
+| name         = Rex Jackson
+| image        = Rex Jackson.jpg
+| motive       = Gambling debts<ref name=appeal/>
+| charge       = Conspiring over the release of prisoners<ref name=appeal>{{cite news|title=Appeal court increases Jackson's sentence|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AzopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2797,1883669&dq=rex-jackson+sentenced&hl=en|access-date=2 January 2012|newspaper=The Age|page=3 |date=24 June 1988}}</ref>
+| conviction   = Guilty
+| conviction_penalty = Ten years custody with a five years [[parole|non-parole]] period<br><small>(on appeal by [[The Crown]] to the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales#Structure and jurisdiction|Court of Criminal Appeal]])</small><ref name=appeal/>
+| conviction_status  = Released
+}}
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+| image_size   =
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+| image_caption=
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+| office             = [[Minister for Corrections (New South Wales)|NSW Minister for Corrective Services]]
-| image_caption=
+| term_start         = 2 October 1981
-| office       = Member for [[Electoral district of Bulli|Bulli]]
-| term         = 1955–71
+| term_end           = 27 October 1983
+| premier            = [[Neville Wran]]
-| predecessor  = [[Laurie Kelly Sr.|Lawrence Kelly]]
-| successor    = Seat abolished
+| predecessor        = [[Bill Haigh]]
-| office2      = Member for [[Electoral district of Heathcote|Heathcote]]
+| successor          = [[Peter Anderson (politician)|Peter Anderson]]
+| office1            = [[Minister for Roads (New South Wales)|NSW Minister for Roads]]
-| term2        = 1971–86
+| term_start1        = 1 February 1983
-| predecessor2 = New seat
+| term_end1          = 27 October 1983
-| successor2   = [[Ian McManus]]
+| premier1           = [[Neville Wran]]
+| predecessor1       = [[Paul Whelan (politician)|Paul Whelan]]
+| successor1         = [[Laurie Brereton]]
+| office2            = [[Minister for Youth (New South Wales)|NSW Minister for Youth]] and [[Minister for Families and Communities|Community Services]]
+| term_start2        = 14 May 1976
+| term_end2          = 2 October 1981
+| premier2           = [[Neville Wran]]
+| predecessor2       = [[Jim Clough]]
+| successor2         = [[Kevin Stewart (Australian politician)|Kevin Stewart]]
+| constituency_AM3    = [[Electoral district of Bulli|Bulli]]
+| assembly3           = New South Wales Legislative
+| term3        = 1955–71
+| predecessor3 = [[Laurie Kelly Sr.|Lawrence Kelly]]
+| successor3   = Seat abolished
+| constituency_AM4    = [[Electoral district of Heathcote|Heathcote]]
+| assembly4           = New South Wales Legislative
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+| predecessor4 = New seat
+| successor4   = [[Ian McManus]]
 | birth_date   = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|10|7}}
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 | death_date   = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|12|31|1928|10|7}}
-| death_place  = [[New South Wales]] <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-01/rex-jackson-dies-aged-83/3754114| title=Rex Jackson dies aged 83|location=Australia |work=ABC News |date=1 January 2012 |access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref>
+| death_place  = [[New South Wales]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-01/rex-jackson-dies-aged-83/3754114| title=Rex Jackson dies aged 83|location=Australia |work=ABC News |date=1 January 2012 |access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref>
 | spouse       = Irene Jackson
-}}
-{{Infobox criminal
-| name         = Rex Jackson
-| motive       = Gambling debts<ref name=appeal/>
-| charge       = Conspiring over the release of prisoners<ref name=appeal>{{cite news|title=Appeal court increases Jackson's sentence|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AzopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2797,1883669&dq=rex-jackson+sentenced&hl=en|access-date=2 January 2012|newspaper=The Age|page=3 |date=24 June 1988}}</ref>
-| conviction   = Guilty
-| conviction_penalty = Ten years custody with a five years [[parole|non-parole]] period<br><small>(on appeal by [[The Crown]] to the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales#Structure and Jurisdiction|Court of Criminal Appeal]])</small><ref name=appeal/>
-| conviction_status  = Released
 }}
 '''Rex Frederick Jackson''' (7 October 1928{{spaced ndash}}31 December 2011) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] and subsequently imprisoned for [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]].
-==Biography==
+==Early life==
-Jackson was born in [[Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]], the son of a railway [[wikt:fettler|fettler]]. He was educated at [[Harefield, New South Wales|Harefield]] Public School and [[Junee, New South Wales|Junee]], and [[Sutherland, New South Wales|Sutherland]] High Schools. He became a rail employee, professional boxer and printer. He married his wife, Irene, in 1949.<ref name =SH>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=%22rex+jackson%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news930710_0267_9300# | title=Rex and the Good Life|work=The Sun-Herald |date=10 July 1993|access-date=2 January 2012 |author=Tarrant, Deborah }}</ref>
+Jackson was born in [[Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]], the son of a railway [[wikt:fettler|fettler]]. He was educated at [[Harefield, New South Wales|Harefield]] Public School and [[Junee, New South Wales|Junee]], and [[Sutherland, New South Wales|Sutherland]] High Schools. He married his wife, Irene, in 1949.<ref name =SH>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=%22rex+jackson%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news930710_0267_9300# | title=Rex and the Good Life|work=The Sun-Herald |date=10 July 1993|access-date=2 January 2012 |author=Tarrant, Deborah }}</ref>
+==Career==
-Jackson was the member for [[Electoral district of Bulli|Bulli]] from 1955 to 1971, and the member for [[Electoral district of Heathcote|Heathcote]] from 1971 to 1986, representing the [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]]. He was [[Minister for Youth and Community Services]] from May 1976 to October 1981 and then [[Minister for Corrective Services (New South Wales)|Minister for Corrective Services]] from October 1981 to October 1983. He was also [[Minister for Roads (New South Wales)|Minister for Roads]] from February to October 1983.<ref name=rex79>{{Cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Rex Frederick Jackson (1928–2011) |id=1878 |former=Yes |access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref>
+Jackson was a rail employee, professional boxer and printer. He was the member for [[Electoral district of Bulli|Bulli]] from 1955 to 1971, and the member for [[Electoral district of Heathcote|Heathcote]] from 1971 to 1986, representing the [[New South Wales Labor Party|Labor Party]]. He was [[Minister for Youth and Community Services]] from May 1976 to October 1981.<ref name=rex79/> Under his tenure, the Department began funding youth refuges located in NSW, including [[Caretakers Cottage]], Young People's Refuge and Taldamunde Youth Services.<ref name=coffey1>Coffey, Michael. [http://www.drbilldayanthropologist.com/resources/Freedom%20to%20Sleep.pdf "What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW."] ''Parity''. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23-25.</ref>
-Jackson resigned his ministerial portfolios on 27 October 1983 and from parliament on 13 August 1986. He was charged with corruption and sent to trial in 1987. The [[District Court of New South Wales|District Court]] found that Jackson accepted a bribe of {{AUD}}12,000 in 1983 and that he conspired to organise the early release of three prisoners from [[Broken Hill Correctional Centre]] to meet gambling debts.<ref name=appeal/> He was initially sentenced to serve seven and a half years in custody (with three years without parole). However, in 1988 [[The Crown]] appealed to the [[New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal|Court of Criminal Appeal]] against the leniency of the sentence. Jackson was subsequently sent to prison for ten years, with a non-parole period of five years,<ref name=appeal/><ref name=filling>{{cite web |title =Report on investigation into the Silverwater filling operation |publisher=[[Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales)|Independent Commission Against Corruption]] |date=1 February 1990 |url =http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/dmdocuments/pub2_3i.htm |access-date=5 January 2012 |isbn=0-7305-7436-9}}<!-- |isbn=0-7310-7436-9 This invalid value appears in an html copy of the work, but the valid 0-7305-7436-9 is as used by australian libraries (via worldcat) --></ref><ref>''R v Jackson'' (1988) 33 [[Australian Criminal Reports|A Crim R]] 413, [[New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal|Court of Criminal Appeal]] (NSW). {{URL|1=http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/LawCite?cit=(1988)%2033%20A%20Crim%20R%20413|2=LawCite search}}.</ref> serving time at [[Berrima Correctional Centre]].<ref name=timeout/>
+Jackson was then [[Minister for Corrections (New South Wales)|Minister for Corrective Services]] from October 1981 to October 1983. He was also [[Minister for Roads (New South Wales)|Minister for Roads]] from February to October 1983.<ref name=rex79>{{Cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Rex Frederick Jackson (1928–2011) |id=1878 |former=Yes |access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref> He resigned his ministerial portfolios on 27 October 1983 and from parliament on 13 August 1986. He was charged with corruption and sent to trial in 1987. The [[District Court of New South Wales|District Court]] found that Jackson accepted a bribe of {{AUD}}12,000 in 1983 and that he conspired to organise the early release of three prisoners from [[Broken Hill Correctional Centre]] to meet gambling debts.<ref name=appeal/> He was initially sentenced to serve seven and a half years in custody (with three years without parole). However, in 1988 [[The Crown]] appealed to the [[New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal|Court of Criminal Appeal]] against the leniency of the sentence. Jackson was subsequently sent to prison for ten years, with a non-parole period of five years,<ref name=appeal/><ref name=filling>{{cite book |title =Report on investigation into the Silverwater filling operation |publisher=[[Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales)|Independent Commission Against Corruption]] |date=1 February 1990 |url =http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/dmdocuments/pub2_3i.htm |access-date=5 January 2012 |isbn=0-7305-7436-9}}<!-- |isbn=0-7310-7436-9 This invalid value appears in an html copy of the work, but the valid 0-7305-7436-9 is as used by australian libraries (via worldcat) --></ref><ref>''R v Jackson'' (1988) 33 [[Australian Criminal Reports|A Crim R]] 413, [[New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal|Court of Criminal Appeal]] (NSW). {{URL|1=http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/LawCite?cit=(1988)%2033%20A%20Crim%20R%20413|2=LawCite search}}.</ref> serving time at [[Berrima Correctional Centre]].<ref name=timeout/>
+==Later years==
 Following his early release from prison in November 1990, after serving three years and two months of his 10-year term, he returned to his [[Helensburgh, New South Wales|Helensburgh]] home and was welcomed back by many in his community.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Macey |first1=Richard |title=Back Home in Helensburgh, Rex Jackson is Still a Hero |url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=%22rex+jackson%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news901110_0063_1423 |access-date=2020-10-15 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=1990-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823061520/http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=%22rex+jackson%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news901110_0063_1423 |archive-date=2011-08-23}}</ref>
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 Jackson died on 31 December 2011, aged 83.<ref name=timeout>{{cite news |title=Time runs out for disgraced prisons minister |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 January 2012 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/time-runs-out-for-disgraced-prisons-minister-20120101-1ph9s.html |access-date=2 January 2012 }}</ref>
-==Minister for Youth and Community Services==
-From May 1976 to October 1981, Jackson held the post of Minister of Youth and Community Services (DoYCS).<ref name=rex79/> Under his tenure, the Department began funding youth refuges located in NSW, including [[Caretakers Cottage]], Young People's Refuge and Taldamunde Youth Services.<ref name=coffey1>Coffey, Michael. [http://www.drbilldayanthropologist.com/resources/Freedom%20to%20Sleep.pdf "What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW."] ''Parity''. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23-25.</ref>
 ==Further reading==
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