Citizenship Australian Spouse(s) Simon Moore Alma mater Flinders University Party Nick Xenophon Team | Political party Nick Xenophon Team Children One step-daughter Education Flinders University | |
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Born 19 December 1985 (age 31)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia ( 1985-12-19 ) Similar Stirling Griff, Jane Hume, Nick Xenophon Profiles | ||
Skye Louise Kakoschke-Moore (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian politician and a Senator for South Australia in the Parliament of Australia since July 2016, as part of the Nick Xenophon Team.
Background
Kakoschke-Moore was born in Darwin before moving with her family to Oman when she was nine years old where her father took up an expatriate role as an air traffic control instructor. She completed an International Baccalaureate at the American British Academy in Muscat, then moved to Adelaide to study law and economics at Flinders University. During her studies, she worked in retail at Myer and volunteered in the legal division of the Australian Refugee Association. In 2008 she represented Australia along with 30 other countries as a facilitator for 'Insight Dubai'—an international leadership conference for women focusing on globalisation, politics, equality and diversity. After graduation from University in 2010, she was hired by Nick Xenophon as his Manager of Constituent issues and then later becoming his Policy and Legislation Advisor. She married Simon Moore in 2007.
