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Kim Carr (CP 673)
Career within Commonwealth
Kim Carr was born on 2 July 1955 at Tumut, New South
Wales. He graduated with a BA (Hons), MA and Dip Ed
(Melbourne) and worked as a teacher from 1979 to 1988 and from 1992 to 1993 at
the former Glenroy Technical College.
Between 1988 and 1992
he worked as Policy Analyst and Advisor for Joan Kerner who was then the
Victorian Minister for Conservation Forest and Lands and Minister for Education. He also worked as a Policy Advisor to the
Victorian Minister for Planning and Housing, Andrew McCutcheon. Carr has been a member of the ALP since 1975,
serving on the ALP National Executive and been a delegate to the ALP National
Conference and the ALP State Conference.
Carr was chosen by the Parliament of Victoria on 28 April
1993 to represent that State in the Senate, in place of John Norman Button who
stepped down from the ministry on 31 March 1993, term ending 30 June 1993. He was elected to the Senate in 1993, terms
beginning 1 July 1993, 1998 and 2004.
From 20 March 1996 to 27 March 1997 he was Parliamentary
Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; Parliamentary
Secretary representing Education and Youth Affairs in the Senate from 27March
1997 to 26 August 1997; Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for
Education from 26.August 1997 to 20 October 1998; Parliamentary Secretary
representing the Shadow Minister for Education in the Senate from 20.October
1998 to 25 November 2001.
Carr was Shadow Minister for Science and Research from 25
November 2001 to 26 October 2004; Shadow Minister for the Public Service from
18 February 2003 to 8 December 2003; Shadow Minister for Industry and
Innovation from 2 July 2003 to 26 October 2004; Shadow Minister for Public
Administration and Open Government from 26 October 2004 to 24 June 2005; Shadow
Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation from 26 October 2004 to 24
June 2005; Shadow Minister for the Arts from 26 October 2004 to 24June 2005;
Shadow Minister for Housing and Urban Development from 24 June 2005; Shadow
Minister for Local Government and Territories from 24 June 2005 to 10 December
2006; Shadow Minister for Industry from 10 December 2006; and Shadow Minister
for Innovation, Science and Research from 10 December 2006 to 3 December 2007. He was also Manager of Opposition Business in
the Senate from 20 March 1996 to 25 November 2001.
Carr has served on numerous Parliamentary Committees, was a
member of the parliamentary delegation to Russia and Ukraine in March-April
1995 and a member of the parliamentary delegation to Syria, Lebanon and Israel
in November 2003.
Following the 2007 Federal Election, Carr was appointed
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research from 3 December 2007.
Sources
Parliament of Australia Web Site
http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au, accessed 2
January 2007 and 24 January 2008
Australian Labor Party Web Site
http://www.alp.org.au/people/vic/carr_kim.php,
accessed 8 January 2007
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Hon Kim
Carr
Unregistered links
11 Mar
2002- 15 Nov 2004 Senate Legislative
and General Purpose Standing Committee on Employment, workplace Relations and
Education: Legislation and References - Member
22 Sep 1994
– 30 Mar 1995 Senate Select Committee on
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Management and Operations – Member
18 Nov 2004
– 08 Mar 2005 Senate Select Committee on
Administration of Indigenous Affairs - Member