The Hon Jason Clare MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Blaxland, New South Wales, 2007 and 2010.

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Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary for Employment from 9.6.09 to 14.9.10.
• Minister for Defence Materiel from 14.9.10 to 14.12.11 and from 5.3.12 to 4.2.13.
• Minister for Home Affairs from 14.12.11.
• Minister for Justice from 14.12.11.
• Cabinet Secretary from 4.2.13.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Education and Training from 19.2.08 to 15.6.09; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government from 19.2.08 to 15.6.09.
• Joint Statutory: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity from 18.2.08 to 15.6.09.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Official visits to USA, January 2010; Germany, May 2010; USA, July and December 2010; Middle East, UK and Spain, July-August 2011; USA, October 2011; Timor-Leste, October 2011; Solomon Islands, November 2011; Canada, June 2012.

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Party positions

• Member, ALP from 1991.
• Secretary, ALP Cabramatta Branch 1992-2001.

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Personal

• Born 22.3.1972, Sydney, NSW.
• Single.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA(Hons), LLB (UNSW).
• Policy Adviser to the Minister for Police and Leader of the House (NSW), the Hon. PFP Whelan, MLA 1995-99.
• Senior Policy Adviser to the Premier of NSW, the Hon. RJ Carr, MLA 1999-2003.
• Manager, Corporate Relations, Transurban 2003-07.

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Electorate

• Description: inner metropolitan.
  
  Location: south western Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Bass Hill, Birrong, Carramar, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Fairfield East, Georges Hall, Guildford West, Old Guildford, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Sefton, Villawood, Woodpark, Yagoona, Yennora, and parts of Auburn, Bankstown, Berala, Fairfield, Granville, Guildford, Merrylands, Smithfield and South Granville.
  
  Area: 62 sq km (approx.).
  
  Electors enrolled: 95 354 (at 21.8.10).
  
  Industries: railway workshops, aircraft repairs, transport and storage industries.
  
  State electorates: Blaxland includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Auburn, Bankstown, East Hills, Fairfield and Granville.

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