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Australian Women
Biographical entry
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Seaton, Peta Luise (1959 - ) |
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| Born: 9 October 1959 Port Moresby, PNG |
Peta Seaton has extensive experience as a political adviser and shadow minister in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. As a Liberal Party candidate she successfully contested the Southern Highlands 1996 by-election and was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. Peta has been Shadow Minister for Environment 1999-2002; Parliamentary Secretary to Shadow Cabinet from 2002; Chair Opposition Policy and Reform Committee; and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, the Illawarra, and reform of government 2004. |
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Parliamentary and Local Government career
Peta Seaton was educated at the Woodford School, Solomon Islands, Wenona School, North Sydney and the University of Sydney. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf (accessed 23 September 2004); http://www.acenet.com.au/~seaton/ (accessed 2 December 2004); http://www.nsw.liberal.org.au/parliament/legislative_assembly/southern_highlands.cfm (accessed 2 December 2004); Who’s Who in Australia 2003; NSW Parliamentary Record VI 1st ed. |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 14 November 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2003b.htm |