Wednesday, 23 January, 2019 - 14:43
Bishop faces critical call
Opinion: Julie Bishop’s standing with the electorate and fundraising skills make her a key player at the coming federal poll, but will she stand?
Tanya Plibersek is an Australian politician, a member of the Labor Party, and the Member of Parliament for Sydney since 1998.
In a cabinet reshuffle in 2010, Ms Plibersek became the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion. She was promoted to Minister for Health the following year, and held that position until Labor's defeat at the 2013 federal election. Ms Plibersek was elected deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party in the election's aftermath, and deputy leader of the opposition from 2013 to 2019. She has served as a cabinet minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments, and was shadow minister for education & training and shadow minister for women under the Albanese government. Following the ALP's victory at the 2022 federal election, Ms Plibersek became the Minister for Environment and Water under the Albanese government.
Prior to politics, Ms Plibersek has worked in the NSW Government's Domestic Violence Unit.
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Opinion: Julie Bishop’s standing with the electorate and fundraising skills make her a key player at the coming federal poll, but will she stand?
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Anthony Albanese has announced his 23-person cabinet with some major responsibilities for Western Australians in the outer ministry.
As the federal government weighs up its options to deal with the energy crisis, a former prime minister says decisive action is needed in the gas market.
Reforming childcare and higher education policy shape as top priorities for Labor in its first term in government.
Federal Minister Tanya Plibersek has vowed to make sweeping legislative changes to safeguard the environment after a “grim” report found its condition to be poor and deteriorating.
Traditional owners in Western Australia have written to the Albanese government seeking to stop the progress of a contentious urea plant.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has reached an agreement for a 30-day halt to the development of a Burrup Peninsula fertiliser plant that Indigenous leaders claim could impact ancient rock art.
Tanya Plibersek has been forced to clarify the Albanese government's position on a controversial West Australian fertiliser plant.
The state government has warned any delay to the $1.25 billion Bunbury Outer Ring Road could cost more than $10 million, as it fights an 11th-hour stop work order over environmental risks.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has rejected an application to pause works on a contentious West Australian fertiliser plant.
An independent 'reporter' will assess the effects of industry on ancient rock art in the Pilbara where a contentious fertiliser plant is being developed.
Tanya Plibersek has been given until tomorrow to hand over all documents reviewed for the approval of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road as the legal bid to stop the southern arm continues.
The legal bid to stop the construction of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road’s southern arm has been resurrected, with a new appeal poking holes in the offset plan its approval hinged on.
The federal government has won praise for its response to an inquiry into the Juukan Gorge destruction but been panned by the group at the centre of the issue.
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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has lauded Australia's progress from environmental "laggard to leader" as nations agree on a nature protection framework.
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Madeleine King has acknowledged efforts by the US government to support green energy could threaten investment in Australia's own nascent hydrogen industry.
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A probe into the Environmental Defenders Office has begun, as the federal government moves to review its funding into the organisation after the court judgment in Santos’s Barossa matter.
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Regis Resources says a decision to block the construction of a tailings dam at its McPhillamys project in NSW, revealed late last week, could kill the project entirely.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has insisted Regis Resources’ McPhillamys gold project is not dead, despite controversially blocking a critical tailings dam at the site.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced a $44 million federal government cash injection into Western Australian recycling at a facility in Bibra Lake this afternoon.
Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has received environmental approval from the federal government at its Mardie salt and potash project, located 80km south of Karratha.
Regis Resources is seeking a judicial review of Tanya Plibersek’s contentious ruling against a tailings dam at its McPhillamys asset, reiterating the call rendered the project unviable.
A bid by federal Coalition senators to overturn Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to block the development of Regis Resources' McPhillamys gold has fallen flat.
Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank | WA staff |
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Minister for Environment & Water
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2022 | |||
Member for Sydney, NSW
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1998 | |||
Member, was Deputy Leader 2013-2019
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Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank |
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition
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2013 - 2019 | ||
Minister for Health & Medical Research
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2011 - 2013 | ||
Minister for Human Services & Social Inclusion
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2010 - 2011 | ||
Minister for Housing & Status of Women
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2007 - 2010 |