Rachel Siewert
Rachel Siewert | |
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| Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens | |
| In office 21 July 2017 – 4 December 2018 Serving with Adam Bandt (Acting) | |
| Leader | Richard Di Natale |
| Preceded by | Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters |
| Succeeded by | Larissa Waters |
| Senator for Western Australia | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Greig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 November 1961 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Greens |
Rachel Mary Siewert (born 4 November 1961 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Greens politician who was elected to represent Western Australia in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election.
Early life
Born in Sydney, Siewert's family moved to Perth when she was 13.[1] She later studied a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Agriculture, at the University of Western Australia, and worked with the Western Australian Department of Agriculture as a research officer in 1984–87.
She was prominently involved in the establishment and running of the Conservation Council of Western Australia, working for a number of years as its Coordinator, and was awarded the Bessie Rischbieth Conservation Award in 2003.[2]
Siewert was Co-Convener of The Greens (WA) from 2002 to 2004.[3]
Political career
Siewert was first elected to the Senate at the 2004 election and commenced her term in July 2005. She was re-elected for a second term at the 2010 federal election, and again at the 2016 double dissolution[4]
Siewert is the Australian Greens Whip, chairs the Senate Community Affairs References Committee and is a member of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians.[5][6]
She currently holds the federal portfolios of First Nations' Peoples Issues; Family, Ageing and Community Services; and Mental Health. Siewert is also a prominent figure in the campaigns to raise the rate of the Newstart payment and to end the Centrelink “robodebt” debt recovery scheme.
References
- ^ "Senator Rachel Siewert".
- ^ Senate biography
- ^ "Senator Rachel Siewert".
- ^ Burrell, Andrew (1 August 2016). "Greens' Rachel Siewert wins final WA Senate seat". The Australian. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Senator Rachel Siewert". Archived from the original on 14 March 2013.
- ^ Graham, Chris. "A poor man's treaty". Chris Graham at Large. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
External links
- "Greens MPs Homepage". Australian Greens.
- Rachel Siewert. "Facebook". Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- Summary of parliamentary voting for Senator Rachel Siewert on TheyVoteForYou.org.au
- Siewert, Rachel Mary in The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
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