Robert Allen Jolly (born 27 January 1945) is a former
Australian
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politician.
He was born in Box Hill to Athol Percival Jolly, a store manager, and Marjorie Melba. He attended local state schools and then
Monash University
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, from which he received a
Bachelor of Economics
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or the "Bachelor of Applied Economics", is a bachelor's degree awarded by many universities and colleges for completion of an undergraduate program in economics, econometrics, or applied economics;
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(Honours), a
Diploma of Education
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and a
Master of Economics
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The degree is also offered as an MS or MSc, MA or MCom in economics;
varian ...
. He joined the Labor Party in 1966. From 1968 to 1970 he was a senior teaching fellow at Monash University's economics department, and in 1971 was employed as a senior research officer with the Commonwealth Department of Labour and National Service's social policy section. He lectured in economics at Swinburne Institute of Technology in 1972, after which he worked as a research officer and industrial advocate for the
Australian Council of Trade Unions
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. In 1979 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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as the member for
Dandenong
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, moving to
Doveton
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Doveton ...
in 1985. From 1982 to 1990 he was
Treasurer of Victoria
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