Early Years and Background
Egan was educated at St Patrick's College, Sutherland and obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University. He served the Australasian Meat Employees Union as a Federal Research Officer (1969 – 1973) and was an Advisor to the Hon Les Johnson as Federal Minister for Housing and Construction and Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1973 – 1975). Egan served as an Officer of the NSW State Pollution Control Commission (1976 – 1978) and was a Senior Policy Advisor to Barrie Unsworth initially as NSW Minister for Transport and NSW Minister for Health and then as Premier of NSW (1984 – 1986).
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