Biography
- Parliamentary service
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- Elected to the House of Representatives for McMillan, Victoria, 1998. Re-elected 2001. Defeated at general elections 2004.
- Committee service
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- House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Science and Resources served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry served from 20.3.2002 to 13.5.2004
- Parliamentary party positions
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- Australian Labor Party. Served: 03.10.1998 to 09.10.2004
- Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Communications from 25.11.2001 to 18.2.2003.
- Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism from 18.2.2003 to 8.12.2003.
- Shadow Cabinet Minister from 2.7.2003 to 22.10.2004.
- Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Development, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism from 8.12.2003 to 22.10.2004.
- Party positions
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- Delegate to the Australian Labor Party Youth Conference from 1992.
- Member of the Young Labor Executive (Vic.), 1993.
- Member of the Young Labor Executive (Vic.) from 1995 to 1996.
- Secretary of the Australian Labor Party McMillan Federal Electorate Council (Vic.) from 1995 to 1996.
- Secretary of Young Labor (Vic.), 1996.
- Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.) from 1997.
- Personal
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- Born: 8.4.1973, Pieta, Malta
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Single
- Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
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- BEc (La Trobe University).
- Electorate officer to B Cunningham, MP from 1994 to 1996.
- Finance Project Leader for Gippsland Water from 1996 to 1997.
- Chief Executive Officer for the Aboriginal Health Service, Morwell (Vic.) from 1997 to 1998.
- Electorate
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- Name: McMillan
- Location: south-eastern Victoria; it includes the centres of Boolarra, Churchill, Darnum, Drouin, Erica, Moe, Morwell, Neerim South, Pakenham, Thorpdale, Trafalgar, Traralgon, Walhalla, Warragul, Yarragon and Yinnar.
- Area: 5,744 Sq km
- Electors enrolled: 85,551 (at 10.11.2001)
- Industries: dairy farming, coal mining, power generation, paper manufacturing, fruit, forestry, potato growing, sawmilling and tourism.
- Includes: McMillan includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Narracan, and parts of Gippsland South, Gippsland West, Morwell and Pakenham.
- Honours
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- Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, 11.6.2018.