Tanya Plibersek
Tanya Plibersek was appointed to Minister for Health on 14 December 2011.
Tanya was elected to the Australian Parliament as the Federal Member for Sydney at the 1998 federal election.
Tanya became a Shadow Minister after the 2004 federal election and for the next three years was responsible for a range of portfolios including childcare, work and family, women, youth, human services and housing.
Following the election of the Labor Government in 2007, Tanya was appointed Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women.
As Minister for Housing, Tanya delivered a wide ranging reform agenda, including significant new investments in affordable rental housing.
Tanya was also responsible for a Homelessness White Paper that set out a comprehensive national strategy to tackle homelessness in Australia.
As Minister for the Status of Women, Tanya was responsible for development of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children.
Following the 2010 federal election Tanya was appointed Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion.
Tanya lives in Sydney with her husband Michael and 3 children.
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Counterpunch: Means testing is about fairness
Bronwyn Bishop’s attack in yesterday’s Punch on the Government’s proposed means testing of the private health insurance rebate claims that…... Read more
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