Roslyn Joan Kelly AO (née Raw; born 25 January 1948) is an Australian former politician. She was a member of the

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, having represented the

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from 18 October 1980 to 30 January 1995. She was a minister in the governments of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.

Early life and ACT politics

Kelly is the daughter of Michael and Patricia Raw. She studied at the

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and received a degree in teaching in 1968 and worked as a secondary school teacher from 1969 until 1974. Kelly was elected to the then advisory

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as a member for

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in 1974. She was a member of the assembly until 1979.

Federal politics

Kelly was elected to the House of Representatives in

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. In 1983, she was the first Australian Federal MP to give birth while in office. In 1987, she became the first female

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minister from the House of Representatives, when she was appointed Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. She subsequently held the portfolios of Communications and Aviation Support 1988–90; Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories 1991–93; Environment, Sport and Territories 1993–94; and Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 1994–95. She also served as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women until 1994. She suffered considerable embarrassment as a result of the so-called ' sports rorts affair', when she revealed that funding for sporting bodies was arranged on the basis of a group discussion around a "great big whiteboard" in her office. She resigned from the ministry on 28 February 1994 and from parliament 11 months later on 30 January 1995. The resulting by-election on 25 March 1995 saw the loss of the

electorate to the opposition

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Personal life and honours

Kelly is married to David Morgan, the former CEO of

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. She was formerly married to journalist Paul Kelly, whose surname she has retained. Kelly was made an Officer (AO) of the

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in 2004 for service to the community through promoting corporate environmental responsibility and fostering dialogue between business and conservation groups, to the Australian Parliament, and to women's health. When acting as minister of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, Kelly gave support to research at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area and was honoured for this in the naming of a new species '' Priscileo roskellyae'' in 1997.

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Would it help if I ditched the whiteboard?
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Early life and ACT politics

Federal politics

Personal life and honours

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