Clare Michele Scriven is an Australian politician. She has been a

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member of the

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since the 2018 state election. Scriven was raised in

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, before living and working in

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for the

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from 2007. She later returned to Mount Gambier. She was previously the State Manager of the Australian Forest Products Association, and had post-graduate degrees in management and business. She and her husband Gerard has six children. On 10 April 2018, Scriven was elevated to the Malinauskas Labor shadow cabinet as: Deputy Leader in the Legislative Council, Shadow Minister for Industry & Skills, and Shadow Minister for Forestry. Following the 2022 election, Scriven has served as the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development and Minister for Forest Industries in the

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since March 2022. She is one of the two regional ministers in the cabinet, the other being Independent member

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. On the 16th of October 2024, Scriven supported amendments proposed by Liberal MP Ben Hood aimed at restricting late-term abortions. This stance put her at odds with many in her party and reproductive rights advocates. The amendments would have required women seeking an abortion after 28 weeks to deliver the baby alive for adoption, marking a significant shift from the 2021 legislation that allowed late-term abortions after 22 weeks if medically necessary. The vote resulted in the defeat of the proposed amendments to restrict late-term abortions in South Australia, with a narrow margin of 9–10. Scriven's support underscored internal party divisions on the issue.

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