Mr Ken Wyatt AM, MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Hasluck, Western Australia, 2010.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Health and Ageing from 25.10.10.
• Joint Statutory: Human Rights from 14.3.12.
• Joint Select: Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples from 30.11.12.

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Party positions

• Vice-President, Liberal Party Morley Branch 1997.
• Delegate to State Conference and Office Bearer, Cowan Division 1997.
• Delegate to State Conference and Office Bearer, Perth Division 1999.

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Personal

• Born 4.8.1952, Bunbury, WA.
• Engaged.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BEd (Churchlands CAE), DipT, DipEd (Mt Lawley CAE).
• Teachers' Higher Certificate.
• Primary school teacher, Dept of Education (WA) 1973-86.
• Manager, Aboriginal Education, Dept of Education (WA) 1996-97.
• Relieving Executive Director, Education Services, Dept of Education (WA) 1997-98.
• Director, Aboriginal Education, Dept of Education (WA) 1998.
• District Director, Swan Education District, Dept of Education (WA) 1998-99.
• Director, Aboriginal Education Policy, Strategic Planning and Operations, Dept of Education (WA) 1999-2002.
• Professional Consultant, Strategic Planning, Policy Development and Coordination 2002-03.
• Director, Aboriginal Health, Dept of Health (NSW) 2003-07.
• Director, Aboriginal Health, Dept of Health (WA) 2007-10.

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Electorate

• Description: outer metropolitan.
  
  Location: south-eastern outskirts of Perth; it includes the centres of Gosnells, Guildford, Maddington, Midland and Thornlie, and parts of Kalamunda.
  
  
  Area: 245 sq km (approx.).
  
  Electors enrolled: 93 892 (at 21.8.10).
  
  Industries: retail, transport and service industries with some light industry, market gardens and vineyards.
  State electorates: Hasluck includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorate of Gosnells, and parts of Belmont, Cannington, Forrestfield, Kalamunda, Midland, Southern River and West Swan.

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Honours

• Appointed Member of the Order of Australia, June 1996.
• Awarded Centenary Medal 2003.
• Indigenous Education Warrior Award, World Indigenous People's Conference 2008.

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