Sarah Hanson-Young

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Senator
Sarah Hanson-Young
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Senator for South Australia
Assumed office
1 July 2008
Personal details
Born (1981-12-23) 23 December 1981 (age 42)
Melbourne[1]
Nationality Australian
Political party Greens
Children 1
Residence Daw Park, Adelaide[2]
Website SarahInTheSenate.com

Sarah Coral Hanson-Young (born 23 December 1981) is an Australian politician. She has been a Greens member of the Senate since July 2008, representing the state of South Australia. She is the youngest Senator, and the youngest woman, ever elected to the Australian Parliament.[3]

Early life and education

Hanson-Young was born in Melbourne,[4] and grew up near Orbost in East Gippsland.[5] She has worked on several community projects in Orbost including the establishment of the Orbost Youth Centre.[citation needed] In 1999 she was awarded the Australia Day Young Citizen of the Year award for Gippsland, Victoria.[citation needed]

She obtained a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Adelaide. While studying she was, firstly, Environment Officer in 2001/2002 then, secondly, President in 2002/2003, of the Students' Association of the University of Adelaide.[4][6]

Career

In 2004, Hanson-Young worked as a bank teller;[4] and, from the same year until she took parliamentary office in 2008, she worked for Amnesty International as Campaign Manager for South Australia and the Northern Territory.[4]

As of 2006, she was studying for a postgraduate law degree.[7][8]

Prior to her entry into politics, she also worked as media advisor to Mark Parnell (SA Greens) in the 2006 South Australian election[7][8] and was a campaigner with Justice for Refugees (SA).[9]

Political career

Hanson-Young was a candidate for the South Australian Legislative Council in the 2006 state election, ranked fourth on the Greens' ticket.[10][11]

Hanson-Young was elected senator for South Australia at the 2007 federal election. She was the first Greens senator to be elected in that state, the youngest person—at 25—ever elected to the Australian senate,[3] and the youngest woman ever elected to the Australian parliament.[12] Although the South Australian Green primary vote remained relatively unchanged, preferences from the Australian Labor Party provided the required quota for a Greens senator.[13][14]

As of 2011 Hanson-Young's portfolio responsibilities within the Greens include childcare, education, sexuality, human rights, gender identity and the status of women and youth.[15]

Hanson-Young became the focus of attention on 18 June 2009 when the Senate President ordered the removal of her two-year-old daughter from the Senate chamber during a division. Formal parliamentary procedures do not allow for senators or members to bring their children onto floor of the Senate and House of Representatives chamber.[16] Public reaction on the matter was divided, and ignited a debate on accommodating children and their carers in the workplace.[17]

Hanson-Young challenged Christine Milne for the Green deputy leadership in October 2010 but was unsuccessful.[18] Following the resignation of Australian Greens leader Bob Brown in 2012, she again nominated for the deputy leadership but lost, by an undisclosed margin, to Adam Bandt.[19] Hanson-Young was re-elected to the Senate at the 2013 federal election.

In December 2013, Hanson-Young, along with Senators Louise Pratt (ALP) and Sue Boyce (LNP) established a cross-party working group on marriage equality.[20]

Personal life

Hanson-Young was married to former local government councillor Zane Young; the couple divorced in 2011.[21][22] Together they have one child.[17]

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rob Lundie & Martin Lumb "Research Note 13 1998–99 Update on Selected Australian Political Records" (Parliament of Australia). Access date: 13 August 2013.
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  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cathy Perry (ALP) is excluded at count 23, giving 71,615 votes to Sarah Hanson-Young, who achieves quota.
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  20. ↑ Same-sex couples wait on High Court ruling, Herald Sun, 11 December 2013
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