Ms Annette Ellis

Speeches

Parliamentary service

Territory: Elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1992. Defeated at general elections 1995.
Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Namadgi, Australian Capital Territory, 1996. Elected to the House of Representatives for Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 1998, following electoral redistribution. Re-elected 2001 and 2004 and 2007. Retired prior to general elections 2010.

Committee service

House of Representatives Select: Recent Australian Bushfires served from 27.3.2003 to 5.11.2003
House of Representatives Standing: Family and Community Affairs served from 29.5.1996 to 7.12.1998; Publications served from 26.6.1996 to 31.8.1998; Family and Community Affairs served as Deputy Chair from 8.12.1998 to 19.3.2002; Family and Community Affairs served from 20.3.2002 to 27.8.2002; Ageing served from 27.8.2002 to 31.8.2004; Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation served from 2.12.2004 to 6.9.2005; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs served from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007; Privileges served as Deputy Chair from 27.3.2007 to 10.5.2007; Family, Community, Housing and Youth served as Chair from 19.2.2008 to 19.7.2010
Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories served from 26.6.1996 to 8.5.2007; National Capital and External Territories served as Deputy Chair from 9.5.2007 to 17.2.2008; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 18.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; National Capital and External Territories served from 18.2.2008 to 19.7.2010

Conferences, delegations and visits

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to AIPO meeting, Phuket, Thailand, September 1996.
Deputy Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Ireland and China, July 2000.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the 47th CPA Conference, Melbourne and Canberra, September 2001.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Nigeria and South Africa, October-November 2002.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Switzerland and Singapore, October 2005.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Egypt and Israel, October-November 2008.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Ethiopia and Switzerland, April 2009.
Parliamentary Adviser, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), New York, September-December 2009.

Parliamentary party positions

Australian Labor Party. Served: 02.03.1996 to 19.07.2010
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services from 25.11.2001 to 23.8.2002.
Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors from 23.8.2002 to 22.10.2004.
Shadow Assistant Minister for Disabilities from 23.8.2002 to 2.7.2003.
Shadow Minister for Disabilities from 2.7.2003 to 22.10.2004.
Shadow Cabinet Minister from 2.7.2003 to 26.10.2004.

Party positions

Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Lanyon Sub-Branch (ACT) from 1989 to 1990.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party Territory Conference (ACT) from 1989.
President of the Australian Labor Party Lanyon Sub-Branch (ACT) from 1991 to 1994.
Senior Vice-President of the Australian Labor Party Lanyon Sub-Branch (ACT) from 1995 to 1996.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 1998.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2000.

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

State/Territory Government service

Elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1992. Defeated at general elections 1995.

Electorate

Name: Canberra
Location: southern Canberra and outskirts; it includes the suburbs of Deakin, Forrest, Parkes, Red Hill and Yarralumla, extending to Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, and the outlying rural areas of Tharwa and Tidbinbilla. It also includes those Norfolk Island residents entitled to enrol.
Area: 1,921 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 122,447 (at 24.11.2007)
Industries: retail and service industries, government and administration, agriculture, light industry and tourism. Territory electorates:
Includes: Canberra includes the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Brindabella, and parts of Molonglo.