Preceded by Sue Mackay Role Australian Senator Name Carol Brown | Nationality Australian Party Australian Labor Party | |
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Born 19 July 1963 (age 60)
Hobart, Tasmania ( 1963-07-19 ) Office Australian Senator since 2005 Similar People Catryna Bilyk, David Bushby, Helen Polley, Richard Colbeck, Nick Sherry Profiles | ||
Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
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Carol Louise Brown (born 19 July 1963), an Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Tasmania since 25 August 2005.
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- Senator carol brown big steps adjournment speech
- Senator carol brown syrian refugee crisis 07 09 2015
- Biography
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Senator carol brown syrian refugee crisis 07 09 2015
Biography
Brown comes from a family with a long Labor tradition. Her great-grandmother Mary Butler was a founding member of the Hobart branch of the ALP, her grandfathers and father were strong trade unionists, her late uncle Leo Brown was a Tasmanian state ALP president, and her niece Allison Ritchie was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
Brown was an administrative Officer with the Tasmanian ALP from 1984 to 1996, an advisor to Senator Mackay 1996 to 1998, and a senior public servant in the Tasmanian Department of Premier and Cabinet from 1998 to 2002. In 2004 she was appointed to the Office of the Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.
Brown, a member of Labor's left faction, was appointed to the Senate by the Tasmanian Parliament due to the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Senator Sue Mackay.