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] Date Posted: 08:40:51 08/14/13 Wed Penny Wong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Senator The Honourable Penny Wong Senator for South Australia Incumbent Assumed office 1 July 2002 12th Minister for Finance and Deregulation Incumbent Assumed office 14 September 2010 Prime Minister Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd Preceded by Lindsay Tanner Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water In office 3 December 2007 – 13 September 2010 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard Preceded by position created Succeeded by Greg Combet Personal details Born Penny Ying-yen Wong (1968-11-05) 5 November 1968 (age 44) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Nationality Australian Political party Australian Labor Party Domestic partner Sophie Allouache Children Alexandra Residence Australia Alma mater University of Adelaide Occupation Politician Barrister Religion Uniting Church in Australia Website www.financeminister.gov.au Penelope Ying-Yen Wong[1][2] (born 5 November 1968), an Australian senator representing South Australia since 2002, is the Commonwealth Minister for Finance and Deregulation, and the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Wong is a member of the Labor Party and a member of the Australian federal cabinet. Wong was the first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water. Her appointment was amended on 26 February 2010 to Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water. This change in the Government's cabinet was brought about by the controversy of the Home Insulation Program (HIP).[3] On 13 September 2010, she was sworn in as Minister for Finance and Deregulation in the Gillard Labor cabinet.[4] Wong is the first Asian-born member of an Australian Cabinet[5], and also the first openly lesbian member of the Australian cabinet.[6][7] On 27 June 2013 she became the first person of Asian descent to assume the role of Leader of the Government in the Senate. Before entering Parliament, Penny Wong was a barrister and solicitor in Adelaide, South Australia and an adviser to the Carr Government in New South Wales.[8] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Early life[edit source | edit]Wong was born in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia to a Malaysian Chinese Hakka father and a European Australian mother.[9][10][11] After her parents, Francis Wong and Jane Wong (née Chapman), separated, she moved to Adelaide, South Australia when she was eight years old with her mother and younger brother Toby.[12] Wong gained a scholarship to Scotch College where she studied chemistry, physics and mathematics, and was accepted into the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Adelaide.[13] After spending a year on exchange in Brazil,[14] Wong found she had an aversion to blood. She then studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours at the University of Adelaide, and completed a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the University of South Australia.[13][15][16] While at university, she became involved with the leadership of the Adelaide University Labor Club in 1988,[2] and has been a delegate to the South Australian Labor Party State Convention every year since 1989, (with the exception of 1995).[17] She also worked part-time for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), and also gained a position on the National Executive of the National Union of Students. Her time at university was one where a substantial number of contemporaries became Australian politicians. Former senator Natasha Stott Despoja was a contemporary, along with current Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill, whom Wong dated while at university, and Mark Butler, Labor MHR for Port Adelaide.[2][13][14] Career[edit source | edit]Wong graduated from university in 1992, and continued her association with the CFMEU as an industrial officer. She was admitted to the South Australian Bar in 1993. During 1995 and 1996, Wong acted as an advisor to the timber union and to the newly-elected New South Wales state government, specialising in the area of forest policy in the middle of the fierce 1990s environmental battles over logging in NSW.[18] On returning to Adelaide, Wong began practising law, working as a solicitor at the firm Duncan and Hannon (1996-1999). From 1999 to 2002, she worked as a legal officer with the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union. During this time she also won a position on the ALP's state executive. During her legal career (1996-2002), Wong appeared 11 times before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 15 times before the South Australian Industrial Relations Court, 8 times before the South Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 3 times before the South Australian Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal and 10 times before the South Australian Workers Compensation Tribunal.[19] Wong ran for pre-selection for the Senate in 2001, and was selected for the top position on the Labor Party's South Australian ticket. She was elected at the 2001 election, her term commencing on 1 July 2002. Wong is a member of EMILY's List Australia, the support network for Labor women, and sat on a number of Senate committees, primarily those related to economics. In June 2005 Wong was appointed Shadow Minister for Employment and Workforce Participation, and Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility. Following the reshuffle in December 2006, she became responsible for the portfolios of Public Administration and Accountability, Corporate Governance and Responsibility, and Workforce Participation. In December 2007, in the wake of the Labor Party victory in the 2007 election, Wong was appointed Minister for Climate Change and Water. She accompanied then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to Bali for the international climate change talks. Wong led final negotiations as Chair of the United Nations Working Group in the closing days of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2007,[20] shortly after her appointment as Minister for Climate Change and Water. In September 2010 Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Wong had been promoted to succeed Lindsay Tanner as Minister for Finance and Deregulation.[21][22] In February 2013 Wong was appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, following the resignation of Chris Evans, the then Government Leader in the Senate.[citation needed] In June 2013, following Stephen Conroy's resignation, she became the first female to be appointed Leader of the Government in the Senate.[citation needed] Personal life[edit source | edit]Wong is openly lesbian, and was the first sitting member of the Australian Labor Party to come out while still in parliament.[when?][23] Her partner, Sophie Allouache, is a public servant and former University of Adelaide Students' Association president. In 2010, Wong was selected by readers of samesame.com.au as one of the 25 most influential lesbian Australians.[24] Although her father remains overseas, they keep in touch.[14] In December 2011, Allouache gave birth to their first child, Alexandra,[25] after announcing the IVF-assisted pregnancy using donor sperm in August 2011.[26] Wong is a practising Christian, attending Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide.[14] From and including: Monday, 1 July 2002 To and including: Wednesday, 14 August 2013 Result: 4063 days It is 4063 days from the start date to the end date, end date included Or 11 years, 1 month, 14 days including the end date [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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