Senator Helen Kroger

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Victoria 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).

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Parliamentary positions

• Temporary Chair of Committees from 28.9.10 to 6.7.11.

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Committee service

• Senate Standing: Selection of Bills from 4.7.11; Procedure from 9.5.12; Senators' Interests from 9.5.12.
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 1.7.08 to 14.5.09; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation Committee from 14.5.09 to 7.7.11 and References Committees from 14.5.09; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation and References Committees from 2.2.10 to 7.7.11.
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 2.2.10 to 12.9.12.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Vietnam and Laos, January 2009.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia and Sri Lanka, December 2011.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate from 4.7.11.

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Party positions

• President, Vice-President, Springvale Young Liberals 1975-84.
• Various Liberal Party Malvern East Branch positions 1985-2003; President 1992-96; Vice-President 2000-03.
• Delegate, Higgins and Malvern Electorate Councils 1985-2003.
• Delegate, Liberal Party State Council (Vic.) 1992-2003.
• Delegate, Liberal Party Policy Assembly 1997-2003.
• Member, Liberal Party Steering Committee 1997-98.
• Member, Liberal Party Administrative Committee 1999-2008.
• Treasurer, Malvern Electorate Council 2000-01.
• Chair, Liberal Party Media and Communications Committee 2000-02; Chair, Training Committee 2002-03.
• Chair, Liberal Party State Campaign Conference (Vic.) 2003-06; Chair, State Strategy and Campaign Committee (Vic.) 2003-06.
• State President, Liberal Party (Vic.) 2003-06; Immediate Part President from 2006.
• Executive Member, Federal Awards Committee 2005-08.
• Federal Vice-President, Liberal Party 2005-08.
• Chair, Federal Constitutional Review Committee 2008.

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Personal

• Born 11.3.1959, Melbourne, Vic.
• Single.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Graduate trainee and recruitment officer, IBM Australia 1981-85.
• Human resource manager, KPMG (formerly Peat Marwick) 1985-87.
• Owner and operator, Blacamoor Delicatessen 1988-93.
• Fundraising director, Wesley College, Melbourne 1997-2003.
• Full-time State President, Liberal Party (Vic.) 2003-06.
• Council Member, La Trobe University 2003-06.

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