Senator Anne McEwen

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for South Australia 2004 (term began 1.7.2005) and 2010.

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Parliamentary positions

• Temporary Chair of Committees from 12.2.08 to 4.9.08.

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Committee service

• Senate Standing: Library from 1.7.05 to 7.12.05; Scrutiny of Bills from 23.6.05 to 30.6.08; Senators' Interests from 1.7.05 to 11.2.08; Selection of Bills from 1.7.08 (Chair from 27.9.10); House from 26.10.10; Procedure from 18.8.11.
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation and References Committees from 1.7.05 to 11.9.06; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport from 11.9.06 to 11.2.08; Employment, Workplace Relations and Education from 11.9.06 to 11.2.08; Environment, Communications and the Arts from 12.2.08 (Chair from 12.2.08) to 14.5.09; Environment, Communications and the Arts: Legislation and References Committees from 14.5.09 to 27.9.10; Environment and Communications: Legislation Committee from 30.9.10 to 1.7.11; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 12.2.08 to 14.5.09; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation Committee from 1.7.11; Economics from 17.3.08 to 30.6.08; Finance and Public Administration: References Committee from 1.7.11.
• Senate Select: Fuel and Energy from 1.7.08 to 30.8.10; Electricity Prices from 23.8.12.
• Joint Standing: Migration from 14.2.08 to 1.7.11; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 1.7.11.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, January 2006.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Canada, Germany, Singapore and USA, April 2007.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the European Institutions, April 2008.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Mongolia, January 2011.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Deputy Government Whip in the Senate from 1.7.08 to 27.9.10.
• Government Whip in the Senate from 27.9.10.

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Party positions

• Delegate, ALP State Conventions (SA) from 1996.
• Delegate, ALP National Conference 2004.
• Senior Vice-President, ALP (SA) 2004.
• President, ALP (SA) 2005.

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Personal

• Born 3.8.1954, Adelaide, SA.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (Adel).
• Clerk and administrator prior to 1993.
• Union organiser 1993-2002.
• Secretary, Australian Services Union (SA and NT) 2002-05.

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Honours

• Awarded Centenary Medal 2003.

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