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Rockliff Ministry
The Rockliff ministry is the current ministry (collective executive), ministry of the Tasmanian Government, led by Jeremy Rockliff of the Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division), Tasmanian Liberals. It was formed on 8 April 2022, after Rockliff was elected unopposed as leader of the Liberal Party and sworn as the state's Premier of Tasmania#List of premiers of Tasmania, 47th Premier by Governor of Tasmania, Governor Barbara Baker. The ministry replaced the Second Gutwein Ministry, Second Gutwein ministry, after former Premier Peter Gutwein resigned from his position and quit politics. Current arrangement Rockliff was sworn in as Premier and minister for two other departments on 8 April 2022, along with Michael Ferguson (Australian politician), Michael Ferguson as Deputy Premier and Treasurer of Tasmania, Treasurer. The remaining ministerial positions were announced on 11 April, with Jo Palmer elevated to the cabinet. The swearing in by the Governor occurred the following da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
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Peter Gutwein
Peter Carl Gutwein () (born 21 December 1964) is an Australian politician who was the 46th premier of Tasmania from 2020 to 2022. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of Bass. He succeeded Will Hodgman as leader of the Liberal Party and Tasmanian Premier on 20 January 2020. Early life and career Gutwein was born in England in 1964, the oldest of six children born to a British mother and a father who had arrived in Britain from "post-war central Europe" in the mid-1950s. The family migrated to Australia in early 1969 as " Ten Pound Poms", traveling to Launceston, via Melbourne and Hobart. The three youngest children were born in Australia. His father worked as a baker, also stacking animal skins and selling firewood to earn extra money. Gutwein grew up in the village of Nunamara. He became an Australian citizen at the age of 16. His younger brother died at the age of 10 due to a congenital heart defect. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nic Street
Nicholas Adam Street (born 1979) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in a countback conducted on 1 March 2016, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Paul Harriss, and served until his defeat at the 2018 state election. He was then re-elected on 6 February 2020, filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of Will Hodgman. Street graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2001 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, and then operated his family's business, an IGA supermarket in Blackmans Bay. In November 2011, he was elected to Kingborough Council.Candidates – Franklin 2014 ABC Elections. In February 2015 and again in February 2016, Street apologised for a post on |
Jacquie Petrusma
Jacqueline Anne Petrusma (née Harper; born 23 March 1966) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2010 to 2022, representing the electorate of Franklin, and served as a minister in the governments of Will Hodgman, Peter Gutwein and Jeremy Rockliff. The daughter of Barry Harper, a former state cricketer, she was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and worked as a registered nurse before becoming involved in politics. She is married to a nephew of former MLC Hank Petrusma. Petrusma was educated at Glen Dhu Primary School, Kings Meadows High School, Launceston College and the University of Tasmania, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) in 1995. She has one child from her first marriage, has three children from her second.''Who's Who in Australia 2013'', Crown Content, 2012. She stood for the Senate in the 2004 federal election as a Family First Party candidate, coming close to defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Ogilvie
Madeleine Ruth Ogilvie (born 25 January 1969) is an Australian lawyer and politician. She is a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Division of Clark and is the Minister for Small Business, Advanced Manufacturing and Defence Industries, Science and Technology, Racing and Heritage in the Rockliff ministry. She was previously the Minister for Hospitality, Racing, Small Business, Women and Disability Services in the Second Gutwein Ministry for six weeks. Ogilve was previously a Labor Party member representing the Division of Denison (the predecessor of Clark) between 2014 and 2018, when she was defeated at the 2018 state election. She re-entered parliament as an independent member representing Clark in September 2019 after a recount, and then joined the Liberal Party to contest the 2021 state election. Early life and education Ogilvie grew up in Lenah Valley, Tasmania. She was educated at The Friends' School, Hobart College and the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jaensch
Roger Charles Jaensch (born 22 April 1971) is an Australian politician from Wynyard, Tasmania. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Liberal Party in the Division of Braddon at the 2014 state election. Jaensch has studied Science at Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university h ... and has worked in agriculture, in both southern Africa and Western Australia. He was Executive Chairman of the Cradle Coast Authority and was also a member of the Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania for ten years. Jaensch is married with three children. References External linksTasmanian Liberals – Roger Jaensch 1971 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Monash University alumni Members of the Tasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Barnett (Australian Politician)
Guy Barnett (born 4 April 1962) is a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Division of Lyons. Since May 2021, he is also the Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Minister for Resources, Minister for Trade, Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction in the Second Gutwein Ministry. He was previously a member of the Australian Senate. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and attended the Launceston Church Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School. He gained a Bachelor of Laws and later a Master of Laws (Environmental Law) from the University of Tasmania. While at university, he served as President of the University of Tasmania Liberal Club. After graduation, Barnett worked as a lawyer, political advisor and consultant. He was appointed to the Senate in 2002 in replacement of Brian Gibson (resigned), elected for a full term in 2004, and served until his defeat at the 2010 federal election. In the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elise Archer
Elise Nicole Archer (; born 25 March 1971) is an Australian lawyer and politician who is currently the 63rd Attorney General of Tasmania. She is also Minister for Justice, Corrections, Environment and Parks and the Arts. She was a Hobart city alderman between 2007 and 2010. She unsuccessfully stood as a Liberal Party candidate in the Division of Denison for the 2006 state election. She polled 3.2% of the primary vote, fourth on the Liberal ticket. She stood for the same seat at the 2010 state election, polling 4.2% of the primary vote and narrowly secured the Liberal Party's second seat in Denison from preferences. After being re-elected at the 2014 state election, she was elected Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. On 2 October 2017, Archer resigned as Speaker and was sworn in as Minister for Justice, Corrections, Environment and Parks and the Arts. Archer is of Swedish descent. References External links * 1971 births Living people Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Premier Of Tasmania
The deputy premier of Tasmania is a role in the Government of Tasmania assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Tasmania. It has second ranking behind the premier of Tasmania in Cabinet, and its holder serves as acting premier during absence or incapacity of the premier. The deputy premier may either be appointed by the premier during the cabinet formation process, or may be elected by caucus. Due to the contingent role of the deputy premier, they almost without exception have additional ministerial portfolios. The current deputy premier is Michael Ferguson List of deputy premiers of Tasmania ; Political parties References * {{Australian deputy premiers Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ... Tasmania-related lists Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian House Of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 members, elected for a term of up to four years, with five members being elected in each of five electorates, called divisions. Each division has approximately the same number of electors. Voting for the House of Assembly is by a form of proportional representation using the single transferable vote (STV), known as the Hare-Clark electoral system. By having multiple members for each division, the voting intentions of the electors are more closely represented in the House of Assembly. Since 1998, the quota for election in each division, after distribution of preferences, has been 16.7% (one-sixth). Under the preferential proportional voting system in place, the lowest-polling candidates are eliminated, and their votes distributed as prefe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Palmer
Joanne Lesley Palmer (née Dick, formerly Cornish; born 10 April 1971) is an Australian politician and former television journalist and newsreader. Palmer was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and moved to Tasmania as a baby after being adopted by an Australian family. Originally employed by the station in Hobart as a journalist, she is a former Miss Tasmania and in 1993 she was awarded Miss Australia. She presented the hour-long Nightly News on 7 Tasmania, until leaving 7 Tasmania after 18 years to spend more time with her family. Palmer was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the division of Rosevears at the 2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, representing the Liberal Party. In April 2022, Palmer was elevated to cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasurer Of Tasmania
The Treasurer of Tasmania is the title held by the Cabinet Minister Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ... who is responsible for the financial management of Tasmania’s budget sector. List of Tasmanian treasurers References {{Australian Treasurers Tasmania Tasmania-related lists Ministers of the Tasmanian state government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
