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Encyclopedia > Kerry Nettle
Kerry Michelle Nettle

Australian Greens Senator for New South Wales
In office
1 July 2002 – Present
Born 24 December 1973 (1973-12-24) (age 33)
Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australian Flag of Australia
Political party Australian Greens
Alma mater Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney
University of New South Wales
Website www.kerrynettle.org.au

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Early life

Kerry Nettle was born 24 December 1973, in Sydney, New South Wales, to Edward and Beverley Nettle.[1] She grew up in the suburb of Marsfield,[2] and received her education at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon[1] where she was elected school captain in her final year. Following graduation from high school in 1991,[3] Nettle enroled at the University of New South Wales, where she obtained a degree in environmental science[1] and was active in student politics, caucusing with the group known as the Non-Aligned Left. She worked as office coordinator for The Greens (NSW) and then as a youth worker. She joined the Australian Greens in 1998 and was elected to the Australian Senate for New South Wales in November 2001, joining Senator Bob Brown. Her bid for re-election at the Australian federal elections of November 24 2007 was unsuccessful, so her Senate term will expire on June 30, 2008. is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... Marsfield is a suburb of the City of Ryde, in the Lower North Shore, of Sydney, Australia. ... The Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney (P.L.C. Sydney), is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Croydon is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... School Captain is a student elected, or appointed, to represent the school. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Uniwalk is the main walkway stretching through the whole Kensingtion campus The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... Environmental science is the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment; with a focus on pollution and degradation of the environment related to human activities; and the impact on biodiversity and sustainability from local and global development. ... The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... For other uses, see Bob Brown (disambiguation). ...


Nettle is a social radical as well as an environmentalist. She believes in Government ownership of essential services, which include banking, airlines, telecommunications, health and education, and other areas privatised in the last two decades in Australia. She argues that private ownership of these assets is "social theft." Bold textHello ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... An airline is an organization providing aviation services to passengers and/or cargo. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...


Policies

Immigration and human rights

Senator Nettle strongly supports the right of poltical refugees and asylum seekers to have a fair process and hearing in Australia. Nettle visited Christmas Island in January 2006 in opposition to the Australian Government's detention of 43 West Papuans that landed on Cape York in January 2006.[1] Kerry has expressed similar concern for the 83 Sri Lankan refugees that are being held in Nauru. [2] Categories: Australia geography stubs | Peninsulas | Headlands ...


Nettle also fervently campaigned to bring David Hicks back to Australia. For six months, every day that the Australian Senate has been sitting, Senator Nettle has filed a motion to bring David Hicks back to Australia. [3] For the American chaplain, see David Hicks (chaplain). ...


Iraq War

When United States President George W. Bush visited Canberra on 23 October 2003, Nettle and Brown took their opposition to the war in Iraq to the point of interjecting during his address to a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament. They wore signs referring to David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib, two Australian citizens who were then being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following their apprehension by United States forces in either (this is disputed) Afghanistan or Pakistan. Habib has since been released. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... For the American chaplain, see David Hicks (chaplain). ... Mamdouh Habib (Arabic: ممدوح حبيب) is an independent political candidate in New South Wales, Australia, and a Muslim suspected of terrorist links. ... Map of Cuba with location of Guantánamo Bay indicated. ...


Bush accepted the interjections with good humour, but the Speaker of the House, Neil Andrew, formally "named" Nettle and Brown and they were suspended from the Parliament for 24 hours. Nettle tried to hand Bush a letter from Habib's wife but was stopped by Liberal MPs and Senators who jostled her and prevented her from approaching Bush. Liberal Senator Ross Lightfoot reportedly told Nettle to "Fuck off and die."[4] Hon Neil Andrew John Neil Andrew (born 7 June 1944), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1983 to October 2004, representing the Division of Wakefield, South Australia. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... Philip Ross Lightfoot (born August 11, 1936) has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 1997, representing the state of Western Australia. ...


Israel/Palestine conflict

Senator Nettle visited Israel and Palestine in January 2007, where she examined "what impact the construction of the separation wall and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict has on communities in Palestine and Israel". [5] Nettle spoke with both Israelis and Palestinians in an effort to understand and ameliorate conflicts between both groups. A 2003 satellite image of the region. ...


Education

Senator Nettle remains an ardent advocate of increased public education and higher education funding. Specifically, Nettle has also "identified the need for $7 billion in public education spending across the lifelong spectrum of education, from preschool through to university and TAFE tertiary education."[6]


Women's rights

Senator Nettle supports gender equality, as well as a women's reproductive rights.[7] During a debate on the abortion drug RU486 in February 2006, Senator Nettle wore a t-shirt into parliament bearing the slogan "Mr Abbott get your rosaries off my ovaries", in reference to the Catholic faith of Health Minister Tony Abbott. Mifepristone is a synthetic steroid. ... Our Lady of Lourdes - Mary appearing at Lourdes with Rosary Beads The Rosary (from Latin rosarium, crown of roses), an important and traditional devotion of the Catholic Church consisting of a set of prayer beads and a system of set prayers. ... For other people called Tony Abbott, see Tony Abbott (disambiguation). ...


References

  1. ^ a b c "NETTLE Kerry". Who's Who in Australia Live!. (2006-11-17). Ed. Suzannah Pearce. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-09-30. 
  2. ^ Biography (PDF). Senator Kerry Nettle. The Greens (2003). Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
  3. ^ Aurora Australis: The Magazine of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, February 1991.

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See also

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External links

  • Senator Nettle's Parliamentary Biography
  • Senator Nettle's website
  • Senator Nettle's Myspace
  • GreensBlog
Current members of the Australian Senate

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