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Roxon, Nicola Louise (1967 - )

Born
1 April 1967
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Parliamentarian
Website
http://www.aph.gov.au/House/members/member.asp?id=83K

Summary

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Nicola Roxon was elected to the House of Representatives for Gellibrand, Victoria, in 1998, and was re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. She became Shadow Minister for Health in 2006 and on the election of the Labor Government in November 2007, she became the Minister for Healthand Ageing. She continues to hold that portfolio in the Gillard Labor Government.

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Nicola Roxon completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Melbourne before working as Judge's Associate for the Hon. Justice Mary Gaudron in the High Court of Australia. She was a Union organiser for the National Union of Workers, and an Industrial Lawyer with Maurice Blackburn and Co. until 1998, when she was elected to the House of Representatives.

A member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from 2001, Roxon has served as Shadow Minister for Children and Youth; Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration; Shadow Attorney-General, and Assisting the Leader on the Status of Women; and Shadow Minister for Health. She has been a member of House of Representatives Standing Committees on Industry, Science and Resources; and Legal and Constitutional Affairs; and served on the Joint Select Committee on the Republic Referendum in 1999. In 2003, Roxon was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to Syria, Lebanon and Israel.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=83K.

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Barbara Lemon

Created: 19 July 2007, Last modified: 28 September 2010

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