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| Senator Kim Carr was born at Tumut, New South Wales, in 1955. | |||
| '''Kim John Carr''' (born ] ]) has been an ] member of the ] since April ], representing the state of ]. He was elected to the Senate at the ], and was due to take his seat on 1 July. When retiring Senator ] resigned before the expiry of his term, however, Carr was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy in April. | |||
| He was educated at New South Wales and Victorian state schools and at the University of Melbourne, where he completed a B.A. (Hons), M.A. and Dip. Ed. | |||
| Carr was born in ], ]. He was educated at the ] where he obtained a Master of Arts degree and a Diploma of Education. He joined the Labor Party in ]. He was a secondary school teacher for nine years before becoming a political staffer<ref>Australian Labor Party biography of Kim Carr retrieved 18 March 2006</ref> for Victorian government ministers ] and ]. He was a close associate of ], the left-wing head of the meatworkers union, the ]. He returned to teaching briefly after Labor lost office in Victoria and briefly performed research for the meatworkers prior to his appointment to the Senate. Carr has four children from two marriages. | |||
| Before entering parliament he worked as a school teacher and policy adviser. | |||
| Carr became a Shadow Parliamentary Secretary in ] in addition to being the Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate until his election to the Opposition Shadow Ministry in ]. He was Shadow Minister for Science and Research from then until ]. He was also Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation from ] to ]. He has been Shadow Minister for Public Administration and Open Government, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation and Shadow Minister for the Arts ] to ], when he was appointed Shadow Minister for Housing, Urban Development, Local Government and Territories. He is one of five voting Victorian members of the party's ]. | |||
| He was elected to the Senate in 1993 and to Labor’s front bench in 1996, serving first as a Parliamentary Secretary and Opposition spokesman on education in the Senate (1996-01), and then as a Shadow Minister (2001-07). Between 1993 and 2007 he also worked on more than twenty Senate committees. | |||
| Carr is a leading figure in the Victorian Labor Party's ] faction, and is regarded as its organisational head. His prominence in factional politics has made him a deeply disliked figure to members of the rival ] faction, who refer to him as "Kim Il-Carr", a pun on the name of the late ]n dictator ]. | |||
| His first shadow portfolio was science and research (2001-04), which was soon joined by industry and innovation (2003-04). After gaining valuable experience in several other portfolios, he returned to his original responsibilities in 2006. | |||
| In ], Carr was instrumental in the recruitment to the Socialist Left of ]<ref>''The Age'' "Labor faction's deal with former foe branded 'rank hypocrisy'" 4 October 2005</ref>, a former mayor of the ] in suburban Melbourne, who had been previously accused of ] by members of the Socialist Left faction. In return for his change of alignment, Abbouche was promised a seat in the ] by Carr. Abbouche's candidacy was subsequently vetoed by Victorian Premier ]. | |||
| Following Labor’s election victory in 2007, he was sworn in as Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research on 3 December that year. | |||
| During the round of bitterly contested preselections for Labor-held federal electorates in early ], Carr frequently accused the Labor Unity faction of branch stacking and other offences against party rules. Labor Unity members regard these charges as hypocritical, claiming that the Socialist Left under Carr's leadership had invented the most common form of branch stacking, the mass recruitment of members of ethnic minorities into party branches. | |||
| This was the culmination of a thirty-year interest in these policy areas. The design of the portfolio reflects his longstanding belief that it is critical – as he said in his first speech to the Senate | |||
| (5 May 1993) – “to maintain a strong, innovative and diverse industrial base” in Australia. | |||
| Senator Carr is married, has four children who consider themselves young adults, and enjoys reading history and fiction.<ref>1</ref> | |||
| After the ], Prime Minister ] appointed Carr as ], and he was sworn into office by Governor-General Michael Jeffery on ].<ref>, ], ] ].</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| 1.http://minister.industry.gov.au/SenatortheHonKimCarr/Pages/BiographicalInfo.aspx | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 01:31, 22 July 2008
| Senatorthe Hon Kim Carr | |
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 Kim Carr waiting for the result of a plebiscite | |
| Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Macfarlane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-07-02) 2 July 1955 (age 69) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Profession | Teacher |
Senator Kim Carr was born at Tumut, New South Wales, in 1955.
He was educated at New South Wales and Victorian state schools and at the University of Melbourne, where he completed a B.A. (Hons), M.A. and Dip. Ed.
Before entering parliament he worked as a school teacher and policy adviser.
He was elected to the Senate in 1993 and to Labor’s front bench in 1996, serving first as a Parliamentary Secretary and Opposition spokesman on education in the Senate (1996-01), and then as a Shadow Minister (2001-07). Between 1993 and 2007 he also worked on more than twenty Senate committees.
His first shadow portfolio was science and research (2001-04), which was soon joined by industry and innovation (2003-04). After gaining valuable experience in several other portfolios, he returned to his original responsibilities in 2006.
Following Labor’s election victory in 2007, he was sworn in as Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research on 3 December that year.
This was the culmination of a thirty-year interest in these policy areas. The design of the portfolio reflects his longstanding belief that it is critical – as he said in his first speech to the Senate (5 May 1993) – “to maintain a strong, innovative and diverse industrial base” in Australia.
Senator Carr is married, has four children who consider themselves young adults, and enjoys reading history and fiction.
References
1.http://minister.industry.gov.au/SenatortheHonKimCarr/Pages/BiographicalInfo.aspx
See also
External links
http://minister.innovation.gov.au/SenatortheHonKimCarr/Pages/BiographicalInfo.aspx http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/senators/homepages/senators.asp?id=AW5 http://www.alp.org.au/people/carr_kim.php
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| Preceded byIan Macfarlane (industry) Julie Bishop (science) |
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 2007 – present |
Incumbent |
| Current members of the Cabinet of Australia | |
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| Coalition (30) |
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| Labor (25) | |||||
| Greens (11) | |||||
| One Nation (2) | |||||
| Lambie (1) |
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| United Australia (1) |
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| Independent (6) |
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| *The Liberal and National totals include members of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and the Country Liberal Party (NT) who caucus with either the federal Liberals or Nationals. | |||||
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