Simon Corbell

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Simon Corbell
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Corbell at the Make It Count event in 2008
12th Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
Assumed office
11 December 2014
Leader Andrew Barr
Preceded by Andrew Barr
Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch)
Assumed office
11 December 2014
Leader Andrew Barr
Preceded by Andrew Barr
Attorney-General
Assumed office
20 April 2006
Leader Jon Stanhope
Katy Gallagher
Andrew Barr
Preceded by Jon Stanhope
Minister for Health
Assumed office
20 January 2015
Leader Andrew Barr
Minister for the Environment
Assumed office
16 May 2011
Leader Katy Gallagher
Andrew Barr
Minister for Capital Metro
Assumed office
11 December 2014
Leader Andrew Barr
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
for Molonglo
Assumed office
9 January 1997
Personal details
Born 21 November 1970
Political party Australian Labor Party
Alma mater University of Canberra
Profession Political advisor
[1]

Simon Corbell (born 21 November 1970) is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. He is also Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for the Environment and Minister for the Capital Metro.[2]

Corbell was first elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 1997 as a member for the electorate of Molonglo in a countbank following the resignation of former Chief Minister Rosemary Follett. He has been a minister in the Stanhope, Gallagher and Barr governments.

Early life

Corbell grew up in Weston Creek. He attended the local primary and high school before studying at the University of Canberra where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.[3]

Before his election to the Assembly, Corbell worked for John Langmore, the Member for Fraser in the Australian House of Representatives, until Langmore's departure from parliament.[1]

Political career

As attorney-general, he has been involved in the establishment of the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) and the Human Rights Commission, and legislating for gay marriage in the ACT after legislation called the Civil Union Act 2006 (of the Australian Capital Territory) was overturned by federal intervention. In 2013, he introduced the bill for the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 (ACT), which the Legislative Assembly passed by a single vote but which was soon overturned in the High Court.[4]

List of ministerial positions held in ACT government

  • Deputy Chief Minister (December 2014 - present)
  • Attorney-General (20 April 2006 - present)
  • Minister for Health (20 January 2015 - present), (23 December 2002 - 20 April 2006)
  • Minister for the Environment (May 2011 - present)
  • Minister for Capital Metro (December 2014 - present)
  • Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services (13 November 2001 - 23 December 2002)
  • Minister for Energy (10 November 2008 - 16 May 2011)
  • Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water (10 November 2008 – 16 May 2011)
  • Minister for Industrial Relations (13 November 2001 - 23 December 2002)
  • Minister for Planning (13 November 2001 - 17 April 2007)
  • Minister for Police and Emergency Services (20 April 2006 - December 2014)
  • Minister for Sustainable Development (16 May 2011 - December 2014)
  • Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations (9 November 2012 - July 2014)

See also

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References

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Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Molonglo
1997 – present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by ACT Attorney General
2006 – present		 Incumbent
Preceded by ACT Minister for Police and Emergency Services
2006 – present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
himself
as Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water		 ACT Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development
2011 – present		 Incumbent
Preceded by as Minister for Industrial Relations ACT Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations
2012 – present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Jon Stanhope
 ACT Minister for Health
2002 – 2006		 Succeeded by
Katy Gallagher
Preceded by as Minister for Urban Services ACT Minister for Planning
2001 – 2007		 Succeeded by
Andrew Barr
Preceded by
Jon Stanhope
as Minister for the Environment		 ACT Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water
2008 – 2011		 Succeeded by
himself
as Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development
Preceded by as Minister for Education ACT Education, Youth and Family Services
2001 – 2002		 Succeeded by
Katy Gallagher
Preceded by
Brendan Smyth
as Minister for Business, Tourism and the Arts		 ACT Minister for Industrial Relations
2001 – 2002		 Succeeded by
Katy Gallagher
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