Senator Gavin Marshall

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Victoria 2001 (term began 1.7.2002) and 2007.

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Parliamentary appointments

• Member, Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust from 7.7.11.

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Parliamentary positions

• Temporary Chair of Committees from 25.6.03.

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Committee service

• Senate Standing: Publications from 1.7.02; Regulations and Ordinances from 1.7.02 to 1.7.05 and from 21.9.11 to 21.6.12; Scrutiny of Bills from 24.6.04 to 1.7.05 and from 30.9.10 to 21.6.12; Senators' Interests from 1.7.11.
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Finance and Public Administration: References Committee from 1.7.02 to 25.6.03; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References Committee from 1.7.02 to 29.11.04 and from 1.7.05 to 11.9.06 and Legislation Committee from 18.11.04 to 29.11.04; Community Affairs: Legislation Committee from 18.11.04 to 1.12.04 and References Committee from 18.11.04 to 1.7.05; Employment, Workplace Relations and Education: Legislation Committee from 18.11.04 to 11.9.06 and References Committee from 1.7.05 (Chair from 1.7.05) to 11.9.06; Employment, Workplace Relations and Education from 11.9.06 to 11.2.08; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations from 12.2.08 to 14.5.09; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: Legislation and References Committees from 14.5.09; Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: References Committee from 9.2.06 to 10.8.06; Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 12.2.08 to 14.5.09; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation Committee from 14.5.09 to 27.9.10.
• Joint Statutory: Intelligence and Security from 14.2.08 to 19.7.10; Corporations and Financial Services from 1.7.08 to 24.6.09; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity from 30.9.10 to 1.7.11; Public Works from 25.10.10 to 1.7.11.
• Joint Standing: Treaties from 1.7.02 to 31.8.04 and from 14.2.08 to 30.6.08; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 1.3.04 to 31.8.04; Parliamentary Library from 1.7.11.
• Joint Select: Christmas Island Tragedy from 3.3.11 to 29.6.11.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Egypt and Israel, October-November 2008.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, May 2003.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Vanuatu, December 2004.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Turkey and Ireland, October 2005.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to South Africa, April-May 2006.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Switzerland and Portugal, October 2006.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Cambodia and Indonesia, April-May 2007.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Chair, ALP Parliamentary Caucus from 30.10.12.

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Party positions

• Member, ALP from 1977.

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Personal

• Born 25.3.1960, Melbourne, Vic.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Apprentice electrical mechanic.
• Electrician.
• Official, Electrical Trades Union.

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