词条 | Yvette Berry |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Yvette Berry |honorific-suffix = MLA |image = Yvette Berry.png |image_upright = 0.8 |alt = |caption = | order1 = 13th | office1 = Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory | leader1 = Andrew Barr | predecessor1 = Simon Corbell | successor1 = | term_start1 = 31 October 2016 | term_end1 = | office2 = Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch) | leader2 = Andrew Barr | predecessor2 = Simon Corbell | successor2 = | term_start2 = 31 October 2016 | term_end2 = |constituency_AM = Ginninderra |assembly = Australian Capital Territory Legislative |term_start = 20 October 2012 |term_end = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|1|df=y}} |birth_place = |birthname = Yvette Simone Berry[1] |citizenship = |nationality = Australian |party = Labor Party |relations = Wayne Berry (father) |spouse = |occupation = Union organiser |website = http://www.yvetteberry.com.au }} Yvette Simone Berry (born 1 August 1968) is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. She has been a Labor Party member for the seat of Ginninderra in the ACT Legislative Assembly since the 2012 ACT election. Berry is the daughter of Wayne Berry who was a Member of the ACT Assembly for Ginninderra from 1989 to 2008, Deputy Chief Minister from 1991 to 1994, Opposition Leader from 1997 to 1998 and Speaker from 2001 to 2008.[2] Berry is the first family member of a current or previous member to be elected to the ACT assembly. BiographyFor schooling, Berry attended Holt Primary School, Ginninderra District High School and Hawker College.[3] Prior to her election to the Assembly Berry worked as a community organiser for the United Voice (formerly called the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU)) trade union for more than 15 years representing workers and their families to win fairer wages and better conditions.[4] She was active in the Clean Start campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and coordinated the Big Steps campaign to win professional wages for Early Childhood Educators in the early childhood education sector.[5] Before she started working at the LHMU Berry commenced her working life in the hospitality industry where she worked for 8 years.[6] Berry is a full-time working mother with two children who lives with her family in the West Belconnen suburb of Macgregor.[6] Political careerBerry chaired the Legislative Assembly’s ‘Select Committee on Regional Development’ which undertook an inquiry into regional development from February 2013 to February 2014.[7] In 2014 Berry was a member of the following Standing Committees: Public Accounts (PAC), Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services (HACS), Education, Training and Youth Affairs (ETYA) and Chair of the Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services (PETAMS) Standing Committee.[8] Berry voted for the Legislative Assembly's 'Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013'[9] On 20 January, Chief Minister Andrew Barr appointed Berry a Minister in his Government. She assumed the following portfolios: Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Housing, Community Services and Social Inclusion, Multicultural and Youth Affairs and she was made Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Social Inclusion and Equality.[10] Following the ACT 2016 election, Berry was appointed Deputy Chief Minister in the re-elected Barr Labor Government. This is the same position her father, Wayne, held between 1991 and 1994. She assumed portfolio responsibilities for Education and Early Childhood Development, Housing and Suburban Development, Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Sport and Recreation, while retaining portfolio responsibilities for Women.[11] References1. ^2012/2013 Annual Returns, Elections ACT, 29 August 2013. 2. ^Speakers of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/speakers 3. ^{{citation|url=http://www.education.act.gov.au/canberra-public-school-alumni/alumni-list?result_658003_result_page=B|title=Celebrating the Achievements of our Past Students|publisher=ACT Government|website=Education Directorate|accessdate=30 January 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130043224/http://www.education.act.gov.au/canberra-public-school-alumni/alumni-list?result_658003_result_page=B|archivedate=30 January 2017}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=Jean|first=Peter|title=Life turns full circle for firefighter's widow|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/life-turns-full-circle-for-firefighters-widow-20121016-27pod.html|accessdate=4 January 2013|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=17 October 2012}} 5. ^Berry, Yvette (7 November 2012) www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2013/week01/24.htm|date=27 6. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.yvetteberry.com.au/about-me/about-me/|title=About Me|website=www.yvetteberry.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-13}} 7. ^http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/select_committees/Regional-Development 8. ^ACT Legislative Assembly (n.d) Standing Committees - current Assembly 9. ^Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 10. ^Barr, Andrew. (20 January 2015) Media Release: Urban renewal, transport, equality and jobs on agenda with new portfolios [link to be published] 11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/ninth-assembly-members/ginninderra/berry-yvette|title=Berry-Yvette|last=Manager|first=Web|date=2016-11-17|website=www.parliament.act.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-13}} External links
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