Mr Michael Danby MP

Michael Danby

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Member for Melbourne Ports, Victoria

Party
Australian Labor Party
Chamber
House of Representatives

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Contact details

Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 4520
Fax:
(02) 6277 8480

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

117 Fitzroy Street
St Kilda West, VIC, 3182

Postal address
PO Box 2086
St Kilda West, VIC, 3182

Telephone:
(03) 9534 8126
Fax:
(03) 9534 1575

Connect with Mr Michael Danby MP

Email
Michael.Danby.MP@aph.gov.au
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Websites
Personal website
Party website

Alternative URL

www.aph.gov.au/M_Danby_MP

Electorate details

Melbourne Ports electorate map

Melbourne Ports, Victoria

Biography

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Parliamentary service

  • Elected to the House of Representatives for Melbourne Ports, Victoria, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

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Committee service

  • House of Representatives Standing: Privileges from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01; Selection from 18.2.02 to 17.10.07; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 20.3.02 to 20.3.03.
  • Joint Statutory: Intelligence and Security from 18.11.10.
  • Joint Standing: Electoral Matters from 8.12.98 to 4.12.00 and from 26.6.01 (Deputy Chair) to 19.7.10; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 2.12.04; Migration from 18.2.08 to 19.7.10.
  • Joint Select: Republic Referendum from 9.6.99 to 9.8.99; Cyber-Safety from 18.3.10 to 19.7.10 and from 12.10.11.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Finland and Germany, April 2002.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegations to Indonesia, March 2003 and July 2005.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the Inauguration of the President of Taiwan, March 2004.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the Philippines and Indonesia, September 2006.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Hungary, October 2006.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia and Thailand, August 2008.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Timor-Leste, August 2009.
  • Official visit to Kenya, July 2011.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Timor-Leste and Indonesia, November 2011.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Canada, May 2012.

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Parliamentary party positions

  • Opposition Whip from 22.11.01 to 17.10.07.

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Party positions

  • Member, ALP Caucus Social Policy Committee.
  • Secretary, ALP Caucus National Security and Trade Committee.

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Personal

  • Born 16.2.1955, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

  • President, Student Council 1975-76.
  • Assistant to Mr S Lipski 1977-80.
  • Manager, HalMaag Art Gallery.
  • Assistant Private Secretary to the Hon. B Cohen, MP 1983-84.
  • Senior Vice-President, International Youth Conference, Kingston, Jamaica 1985.
  • Editor, Australia/Israel Review 1986-93.
  • Adviser to the Minister for Tourism, the Hon. AG Griffiths, MP 1993-94.
  • Industrial Officer, Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association 1994-96.

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Electorate

  • Description: inner metropolitan.
    Location: inner Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Albert Park, Balaclava, Caulfield, Elsternwick, Elwood, Middle Park, Port Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne.
    Area: 44 sq km (approx.).
    Electors enrolled: 97 765 (at 21.8.10).
    Industries: car assembly plants, aircraft parts production, stevedoring and various manufacturing, film making, commercial and retail industries.
    State electorates: Melbourne Ports includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Albert Park, and parts of Brighton, Caulfield, Oakleigh and Prahran.

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