Nina Taylor | |
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Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Albert Park | |
Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Martin Foley |
Government Whip in the Victorian Legislative Council | |
In office October 2020 –August 2022 | |
President | Nazih Elasmar |
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Southern Metropolitan Region | |
In office 24 November 2018 –26 November 2022 | |
Councillor of the City of Glen Eira for Tucker Ward | |
In office 22 October 2016 –12 December 2018 | |
Succeeded by | Anne-Marie Cade |
Personal details | |
Born | Melbourne,Victoria |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Occupation | School teacher,union organiser |
Website | ninataylormp |
Nina Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,representing the district of Albert Park since November 2022. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing the Southern Metropolitan Region. [1] She has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Skills since December 2022 and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Health. She also served as Government Whip in the Legislative Council from October 2020 to August 2022.
Prior to Taylor's election into the Victorian Parliament,she was a councillor at the City of Glen Eira from 2016 to 2018. [2]
Taylor was born in Melbourne,Victoria. She attended Parkdale Primary School and completed her VCE at Firbank Grammar School. She graduated a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Monash University and attained a Postgraduate Diploma of Education (DipEd) from the University of Queensland. [3] She has also completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the University of Melbourne. As part of her school teaching education and training,she accomplished the Zertifikat C1 - früher Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (Advanced German language and culture) under a scholarship from the Goethe Institut. She is fluent in English,French,and German.
Taylor's first career roles were in secondary school teaching,in education of chronic disease management within the pharmaceutical industry,and in promotion and advocacy in the disability space. [4] She completed articles at Quinert,Rodda and Associates while volunteering at the Melbourne office of the Women's Legal Service,and moved on to become a union organiser in the Community and Public Sector Union prior to her entry into politics.
Taylor represented Tucker Ward on the Glen Eira City Council from 2016 to 2018,where her advocacy focused on low carbon transport and sustainability measures at the local level. [5]
Taylor was elected at the 2018 Victorian state election as one of two Labor members in the Southern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council of the 59th Parliament of Victoria. She was a member of the Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee,the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee,and the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee.
In October 2020,Taylor was appointed Government Whip in the Legislative Council and held that role until August 2022. In June 2022,she was appointed a Parliamentary Secretary for Health. [6]
In July 2022,Taylor was pre-selected to contest the 2022 Victorian state election as the Labor candidate for the Legislative Assembly district of Albert Park,triggered by the announcement in June 2022 by the incumbent Labor member,Martin Foley,that he would be retiring from politics. [7] [8] She was successful at the election and was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Skills. [9]
In August 2023,Taylor was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Justice following a small re-shuffle,where she assisted the Victorian Attorney General Jaclyn Symes,Minister Carbines and Minister Erdogan with a range of priorities and projects across the justice portfolios. [10]
Taylor lives in Southbank within her electorate of Albert Park. [11]
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