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Catherine Fiona King is an Australian politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd Governments in 2013. She served as Shadow Minister of Health from 2013 to 2019, and has served as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development since 2019.
In Australian federal politics, the Leader of the Opposition is the elected member of parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives who leads the opposition. The Leader of the Opposition is, by convention, the leader of the largest political party in the House of Representatives that is not in government.
Tanya Joan Plibersek is an Australian politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2019. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sydney since 1998. A member of the Labor Party, Plibersek served as a Cabinet Minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments. She is currently the Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Women.
Christopher Eyles Guy Bowen is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was first elected to parliament at the 2004 federal election. He held ministerial office in the Rudd and Gillard Governments from 2007 to 2013 and has been a senior member of shadow cabinet since 2013. He is currently the Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy since January 2021.
William Richard Shorten is an Australian politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labor Party from 2013 to 2019. Shorten was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maribyrnong in 2007, and was a Cabinet Minister in the Gillard and Rudd Governments from 2010 to 2013.
Richard Donald Marles is an Australian politician who has been deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Deputy Leader of the Opposition since May 2019. He has held the Division of Corio in Victoria since the 2007 federal election. He was a parliamentary secretary from 2009 to 2013, and briefly served as Minister for Trade in the second Rudd Government from June to September 2013. He has been a member of the shadow cabinet since Labor's defeat at the 2013 election.
Jason Dean Clare is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.
Mark Christopher Butler is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since 2007. He was a minister in the Gillard and Rudd Governments and also served as national president of the ALP from 2015 to 2018.
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Patrick Martin Conroy is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013. He represented the Division of Charlton in New South Wales until its abolition in 2016, and since then has represented the Division of Shortland. He has been a member of the shadow ministry since 2016.
Lisa Marie Chesters is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013, representing the Division of Bendigo. Prior to her election to parliament she worked as a union organiser for United Voice.
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Ross Anthony Hart is a former Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for Bass from the 2016 federal election in which he defeated the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Andrew Nikolic with a 10.6-point swing against him. He lost the seat to Liberal Bridget Archer at the 2019 election.
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