John Ajaka

John George Ajaka (born 13 January 1956), is a former Australian politician who served as a New South Wales Minister in the O'Farrell and Baird governments.

[6] He was schooled at St Joseph's Primary School and Marist College Kogarah where he served in the Army Cadets, graduating as the second-highest-ranking officer in his group, and served briefly in the Australian Army Reserve.

[2][8] He made his inaugural speech to the Legislative Council on 9 May 2007, in which he called for greater acceptance of migrants within Australian society and declared his intention to oppose racial prejudice and injustice in his role as an MP.

[9] He also strongly criticised the police practice of referring to the ethnic backgrounds of criminals, contravening his own party's policy on the matter.

[18] An investigation from the Office of Local Government identified "areas of concern" and concluded that Ajaka had been "denied procedural fairness".