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Labor
Member
Australian Labor Party
1999 to present
Sub-branch President
University of Western Australia
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22 May 2017 |
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East Metropolitan |
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Electorates
- MLC East Metropolitan Region from 11 March 2017. Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for the East Metropolitan Region on 11 March 2017 for the term commencing on 22 May 2017. Re-elected 2021 for the term commencing 22 May.
Parliamentary Appointments
- Deputy Chair of Committees from 23 May 2017 to 4 May 2021
Office
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General; Minister for Electoral Affairs from 19 March 2021 to present
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services; Industrial Relations: 31 March 2022 to 8 June 2023
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Hydrogen Industry; Industrial Relations from 8 June 2023 to 8 December 2023
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Training and Workforce Development; Water; Industrial Relations from 8 December 2023
Committees
- Chair, Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs from 23 May 2017 to 21 May 2021
- Member, Select Committee on Elder Abuse from 13 September 2017 to 13 September 2018
- Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Legislation for the inquiry into the Work Health and Safety Bill 2019 from 2 June 2020 to 11 August 2020
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 25 June 2020 to 29 January 2021
- Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 25 May 2021 to 19 May 2022
- Deputy Chair, Select Committee into Cannabis and Hemp from 13 October 2021 to 30 March 2023
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Personal Information |
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3 April 1975 |
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Middle Swan, Western Australia |
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Lived in South Australia from 1977 to 1983 |
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Son of Gregory Alan Swinbourn, carpenter and Lynda Annette Frings (nee Newman), secretary |
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Married 27 June 1998, Christ Church, Claremont to Glenda Michelle Swinbourn (nee Johnson), daughter of Arthur Johnson and Jill Johnson
Children: three boys |
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Elizabeth Vale Primary School, South Australia, 1980
Robertstown Primary School, South Australia, 1981
Eudunda Area School, South Australia, 1982-1983,
East Victoria Park Primary School, 1983-1984
Seaforth Primary School, 1985
Ashburton Drive Primary School, 1986-1987
Kent Street Senior High School, 1988-1992
North Lake Senior Campus, 1993
Canning College, 1995
University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Arts (BA) (double major in political science and anthropology) University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
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Lawyer |
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Recruit, Royal Australian Navy from September to December 1994
Commercial milk driver (various employers), 1995-2001
Part-time and relief electorate officer for Senator Chris Evans, 2001 and Hon Ken Travers MLC, 2002
Law clerk, Chapmans Barristers and Solicitors, 2002
Workers' compensation officer, prosecutions officer and industrial officer, LHMU (Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union), 2002-2007
Industrial officer, CFMEU (Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union), 2007-2010
Senior industrial officer, Health Services Union (HSUWA), 2010-2012
Senior industrial officer and lawyer, CFMEU, 2012-2017
Sessional lecturer (employment relations unit), Notre Dame University, Fremantle, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
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Member, University of Western Australian Student Guild, 1996-2002
Member, LHMU, 2002-2007
Council member, Unions WA, 2003-2007 and 2011-2012
Member, Industrial Relations Society of WA, 2006 to present
Member, CFMEU, 2007-2010 and 2012 to present
Member, HSUWA, 2010-2012
Board member, Billabong Community Childcare Centre, 2004-2006
Board member, Employment Law Centre of WA Inc, 2011-2013. Vice president, 2012-2013
Member, Child and Adolescent Health Services, Consumer Advisory Council, 2016-2017
Team manager, Vic Park Raiders, year 7
Assistant coach, Sub-juniors Softball Club, 2013-2016
Member (President, 1997), Western Australian Sociological and Anthropological Students' Association, 1996-1999 |
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Parliament of Western Australia, Current Members, 18 July 2019.
Western Australian Government Gazette, Perth, Thursday, 8 June 2023. No. 69, Special.
Western Australian Government Gazette, Perth, Thursday, 8 December 2023. No. 163, Special. |
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