ASIBA lobbyist to discredit the Surveyor-General; and efforts to interfere with the Surveyor-General's review of State electoral boundaries in his capacity as an Electoral Boundaries Commissioner. Over the period 2001–04, Perton and other members of the Opposition including David Davis and Ted Baillieu continued to raise concerns in the interference in the performance of the Surveyor-General's responsibilities at both senior department officials and the responsible Ministers. The Age, Herald Sun and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation carried numerous reports of such interference especially as it was frequently raised by the Opposition in both Houses of the Parliament of Victoria and reported in Hansard. Such public reporting continued well after O’Keeffe departed Land Victoria in August 2002 and even after Bell resigned his appointment as Surveyor-General of Victoria in July 2003 and joined the World Bank. Given the investigations and findings reported by key "watchdogs", including the Ombudsman and Auditor-General, as well as the reported advice of the Victorian Government Solicitor, Perton and his Opposition colleagues had rightly continued to raise concerns that may otherwise have not come to public attention. After politics After Perton left politics he became an independent company director and practiced as a barrister. He remained active in supporting democracy movements in Asia. In December 2008, Victorian premier John Brumby announced Perton's appointment as the Victorian government's commissioner to the americas, based in San Francisco. His other appointments include to the Transport Accident Commission, the federal government's Council on Australia-Latin America Relations, the Global Integrity Summit and the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. He became a board member of Yarra Valley Water on 1 October 2015. In 2015, Perton founded the Australian Leadership Project. Then, in 2019, he founded and became chief optimism officer of the Centre for Optimism. References External links Official website Liberal Party website Victorian Bar reference Regulatory Affairs website Perton's 1996 Human Rights website Discussion paper on the Operation of Section 85 of the Constitution Act 1975 1958 births Living people Monash Law School alumni Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria University of Melbourne alumni Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Australian people of Lithuanian descent Australian people of Latvian descent Politicians from Melbourne People educated at St Joseph's College, Melbourne