Early Life and Career
Swan was born and educated in Nambour, Queensland, attendeding Nambour State High School and graduating in 1972. Kevin Rudd attended the same school at the same time, although the two did not know each other. Swan won a Commonwealth scholarship to study Public Administration at the University of Queensland, going on to become a lecturer in the Department of Management at the Queensland Institute of Technology. From 1978 to 1980, Swan acted as an advisor to Labor Leader Bill Hayden, and from 1983 to 1984 was an advisor to Mick Young and Kim Beazley. He was also the State Secretary of the Queensland Labor Party from 1991 to 1993.
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