Carina Garland | |
|---|---|
 Garland at a 2022 election forum | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Chisholm | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Gladys Liu |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labor |
Carina Mary Lindsay Garland is an Australian politician. She has served as a Labor MP for Chisholm since the 2022 Australian federal election.
Garland was born in Traralgon,Victoria. [1] Her father was a general practitioner and ran a practice in Melbourne's south-east with her mother,a nurse. Her maternal grandparents immigrated to Australia from Italy in the 1950s. [2] Her grandfather was a maths teacher at Emmaus College in Burwood. [3]
Garland grew up in Clayton. [4] [5] As a child,she performed ballet concerts at the Alexander Theatre in Clayton. [6] She attended SacréCœur School in Glen Iris,where she was a School Prefect. [1] She later enrolled in an Arts/Law degree at Monash University,being awarded first class honours in English Literature. She received a scholarship to complete a PhD in the humanities at the University of Sydney. [7]
In her early life she experienced insecure work, [8] which she has described as "the dominant form of employment" that she has experienced. [6] She said that this experience influenced her advocacy for secure,local jobs and her belief "that people should have jobs they can count on". [8]
Garland worked as an academic at the University of Sydney. [9] [ when? ] After completing her PhD in the humanities,Garland worked as a parliamentary staffer for Simon Crean. [10] "Simon was the first person I voted for in any election and my first boss in politics," she said in 2023. [10] She described him as a "generous boss" who gave her support and advice during her election campaign in 2022. [10]
From 2016 to 2018,Garland was Senior Vice-President of the Australian Labor Party (Vic). [9]
Garland served as the Assistant Secretary for the Victorian Trades Hall Council from 2018 - 2021. [1] Her responsibilities included the Young Workers Centre and the Migrant Workers Centre. In 2019 she was a witness in the Victorian Government's Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee Inquiry into sustainable employment for disadvantaged jobseekers,where she advocated for marginalised and migrant workers. [11]
Garland was preselected to stand in Chisholm for Labor at the 2022 federal election in July 2021,and won the seat with an 8.1-point swing in her direction,defeating Liberal incumbent Gladys Liu. [7] [12] During the 2022 election campaign,Garland and her supported knocked on 60,000 doors in Chisholm,phoned 72,000 people and had more than 25,000 conversations with voters in the electorate. [13] Garland was endorsed by Kevin Rudd. [14] Anthony Albanese described her as "a local champion who understands Chisholm and its needs". [15]
In the Labor caucus,Garland is a member of the Labor Left faction. [16]
Former Chisholm MP,Anna Burke,is a friend and mentor to Garland,and Garland has said that Burke showed her "what it means to be a really hard-working,active local member of parliament." [13]
In Parliament,Garland advocates for education,healthcare,climate change,workers rights,small business,local manufacturing,the arts and multiculturalism. [3] In April 2023 she signed a letter calling for a substantial increase to JobSeeker. [17] In May 2024 she spoke out about the Federal Government's Future Of Gas Strategy, [18] stating that she believes "the future is renewables" and that she will "always fight for strong,real climate action". [19]
Garland is an advocate for life long learning and building a thriving higher education system in Australia. [20] In September 2023 she made a submission the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report on behalf of the Chisholm electorate. [21] Her submission was based on a survey of the electorate. In her submission,she advocated for financial support for unpaid work placements,improving safety on campus,and reforming the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) (formerly HECS). [21] On 21 March 2024,Minister for Education the Hon. Jason Clare MP acknowledged Garland's work to raise the issue of HELP debt reform during Question Time. [22]
Garland is an advocate for action to address gendered violence, [23] and has spoken out about the issue of safety on campus. [24] She has said that she has "witnessed first-hand the devastation that sexual violence on campus has wrought on people's lives", [24] and that she does not want "any other generations of women to have to go through that." [24] On 28 February 2024,Minister for Education the Hon. Jason Clare MP thanked Garland during Question Time for her work advocating for action to address gendered violence on campus. [25]
Garland's electorate office is in Mount Waverley. [26]
Garland lives in Clayton. [4] She is a member of the United Workers Union,the Australian Services Union,and the Community and Public Sector Union. [27]
Garland is a descendant of Mary and Edith Garland,who signed the 1891 petition to grant Victorian women the right to vote. [3]
Garland has Italian heritage, [28] and her family credits the Federal Labor Government for transforming their lives. [4]
She is a member of the Collingwood Football Club. [27]
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Growing up in the south-east and now living in Clayton...
The daughter of a doctor and a nurse, Carland (sic) grew up in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne and studied at Monash University.
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