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John Lenders is the Minister for Education in Victoria. He was appointed to this position in November 2006 following the State election.
Prior to this he was the Minister for Finance, Major Projects, Workcover and the TAC in Victoria (Australia). His appointment as Minister for Education is considered to be a further promotion.
He is also the leader of the Government in the Legislative Council. He is currently the Member for Waverly Provence.
Prior Positions
Lenders entered parliament after the 1999 election, and has held the positions of Minister for Finance, Minister of Industrial Relations, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Workcover and Minister for Major Projects. As Minister for Industrial Relations he championed the Federal Awards (Uniform System) Bill, which sought to provide Federal award employment protection to Victoria's non-award covered workers, which was passed by Parliament in 2003.
He had previously been the State Secretary and Campaign Director of the Victorian ALP from 1994, a position now held by Stephen Newnham.
Family
John is the son of dairy farmers from Gippsland, and is married with three children.
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