The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM, MP – Parliament of Australia

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Member for Eden-Monaro, New South Wales

Positions: Minister for Defence Materiel
Party: Australian Labor Party
Chamber: House of Representatives

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Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:: (02) 6277 7730
Fax:: (02) 6273 3897

Electorate Office 1

(Principal Office)

19-25 Monaro Street
Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620

Postal address
PO Box 214
Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620

Telephone:: (02) 6284 2211
Fax:: (02) 6284 2250

Electorate Office 2

1/225 Carp Street
Bega, NSW, 2550

Postal address
PO Box 1233
Bega, NSW, 2550

Telephone:: (02) 6492 1692
Fax:: (02) 6492 2139

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Websites: Personal website; Party website; Ministerial Home Page

Alternative URL

www.aph.gov.au/M_Kelly_MP

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Electorate details

Eden-Monaro, New South Wales

Biography

Personal
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
Electorate
Honours
Publications

Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Eden-Monaro, New South Wales, 2007 and 2010.

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Ministerial appointments

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from 3.12.07 to 6.2.08.
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support from 6.2.08 to 14.9.10.
Parliamentary Secretary for Water from 25.2.09 to 14.9.10.
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from 14.9.10 to 14.12.11.
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence from 14.12.11 to 4.2.13.
Minister for Defence Materiel from 4.2.13.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

Official visits to New Zealand, June-July 2008; Vietnam, August 2009; Ethiopia, March 2010; Israel, December 2010; France and Italy, June 2011; Samoa, June 2011; United Arab Emirates, March 2012; USA, June 2012.

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Personal

Born 23.2.1960, Adelaide, SA.
Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

BA, LLB (Macq), PhD (UNSW).
Solicitor 1984-87.
Army officer 1987-2007 (see Military service below).

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Electorate

Description: rural.
Location: New South Wales far south coast, the Snowy Mountains and tablelands; it includes the centres of Adaminaby, Batemans Bay, Bega, Berridale, Bodalla, Bombala, Braidwood, Bungendore, Captains Flat, Cooma, Dalmeny, Delegate, Eden, Jindabyne, Merimbula, Moruya, Narooma, Queanbeyan, Sutton and Tathra.

Area: 29 499 sq km (approx.).

Electors enrolled: 96 465 (at 21.8.10).

Industries: timber industries, beef cattle, sheep and wool, dairy farming, dairy products and mixed farming, the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme, snowfields and tourism.

State electorates: Eden-Monaro includes the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bega, and parts of Monaro.

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Honours

Appointed Member of the Order of Australia, June 1994.

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Publications

Peace operations: tackling the military, legal and policy challenges, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1997.
Restoring and maintaining order in complex peace operations: the search for a legal framework, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1999.

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