Australian Government: Attorney-General's Department
Australian Government: Attorney-General's DepartmentAchieving a Just and Secure Society

Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Justice

The Hon Jason Clare MP, Member for Blaxland (NSW)

The Hon Jason Clare MP

Australian Labor Party

Speeches

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Blaxland, New South Wales, 2007 and 2010.

Ministerial Appointments

Parliamentary Secretary for Employment from 9.6.09 to 14.9.10.

Minister for Defence Materiel from 14.9.10 to 14.12.11.

Minister for Home Affairs from 14.12.11.

Minister for Justice from 14.12.11.

Committee Service

House of Representatives Standing: Education and Training from 19.2.08 to 15.6.09; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government from 19.2.08 to 15.6.09.

Joint Statutory: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity from 18.2.08 to 15.6.09.


Conferences, Delegations and Visits

Official visits to USA, January 2010; Germany, May 2010; USA, July and December 2010.

Party Positions

Member, ALP from 1991.

Secretary, ALP Cabramatta Branch 1992-2001.

Personal

Born 22.3.1972, Sydney, NSW.

Single.

Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament

BA(Hons), LLB (UNSW).

Policy Adviser to the Minister for Police and Leader of the House (NSW), the Hon. PFP Whelan, MLA 1995-99.

Senior Policy Adviser to the Premier of NSW, the Hon. RJ Carr, MLA 1999-2003.

Manager, Corporate Relations, Transurban 2003-07.

Electorate

Description: inner metropolitan.

Location: south western Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Bass Hill, Birrong, Carramar, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Fairfield East, Georges Hall, Guildford West, Old Guildford, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Sefton, Villawood, Woodpark, Yagoona, Yennora, and parts of Auburn, Bankstown, Berala, Fairfield, Granville, Guildford, Merrylands, Smithfield and South Granville.

Area: 62 sq km (approx.).

Electors enrolled: 95 354 (at 21.8.10).

Industries: railway workshops, aircraft repairs, transport and storage industries.

State electorates: Blaxland includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Auburn, Bankstown, East Hills, Fairfield and Granville.