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Jason Clare
House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Right
Biography
Jason Dean Clare (born 22 March 1972) is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007. Clare has been a member of the shadow cabinet from 2013 to 2022, under opposition leaders Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese. He was a government minister under Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd from 2010 to 2013, serving as Minister for Defence Materiel (2010–2011, 2012–2013), Home Affairs (2011–2013), Justice (2011–2013), and Cabinet Secretary (2013). He returned to the ministry as Minister for Education after the ALP's victory in the 2022 Australian…
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- Date of birth
- 1972-03-22
- Place of birth
- Sydney, Australia
- APH identifier
- HWL
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Chris Bowen · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Jana Stewart · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Alison Byrnes · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Cassandra Fernando · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Tammy Tyrrell · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Alice Jordan-Baird · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Basem Abdo · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Matt Smith · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 1 June 2022–presentMinister — for — Education
- 1 June 2022–presentCabinet Minister
- 2 June 2019–23 May 2022Shadow Minister — for — Regional Services, Territories and Local Government
- 2 June 2019–23 May 2022Shadow Minister — for — Housing and Homelessness
- 23 July 2016–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — Trade and Investment
- 23 July 2016–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — Resources and Northern Australia
- 4 May 2016–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Resources
- 18 October 2013–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Communications
Committee service
- 29 July 2019–2 September 2020House of Representatives Select — Regional Australia
- 25 November 2014–24 June 2015Joint Statutory — Intelligence and Security
- 19 February 2008–15 June 2009House of Representatives Standing — Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- 19 February 2008–15 June 2009House of Representatives Standing — Education and Training (Education and Vocational Training from 1.12.2004 to 17.10.2007)
- 18 February 2008–15 June 2009Joint Statutory — Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
Qualifications
- Date not recordedLLB
- Date not recordedBA(Hons)
Occupations
- 1 January 2003–1 January 2007Manager of Corporate Relations at Transurban from 2003 to 2007.
- 1 January 1999–1 January 2003Senior Policy Adviser to the Premier (NSW), the Hon. R Carr, MLA from 1999 to 2003.
- 1 January 1995–1 January 1999Policy Adviser to the Minister for Police and Leader of the House (NSW), the Hon. P Whelan, MLA from 1995 to 1999.