Rebecca White | |
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51st Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania | |
In office 7 July 2021 –10 April 2024 | |
Premier | Peter Gutwein Jeremy Rockliff |
Deputy | Anita Dow |
Preceded by | David O'Byrne |
Succeeded by | Dean Winter |
In office 17 March 2017 –15 May 2021 | |
Premier | Will Hodgman Peter Gutwein |
Deputy | Michelle O'Byrne |
Preceded by | Bryan Green |
Succeeded by | David O'Byrne |
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Lyons | |
Outgoing | |
Assumed office 20 March 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rebecca Peta White 4 February 1983 [1] Hobart,Tasmania,Australia |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Rod Dann |
Children | Two |
Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www |
Rebecca Peta White (born 4 February 1983) is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010,representing the seat of Lyons. She was state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2017 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2024.
White was raised in Nugent,Tasmania,and completed arts and commerce degrees at the University of Tasmania. She joined the ALP at a young age and subsequently worked as a political adviser until her own election to parliament at the 2010 state election. White was elected unopposed as party leader in March 2017. She led the party to defeat at the 2018 election,although increasing the party's vote and number of seats. At the 2021 election,the party's vote went backwards and she subsequently resigned as party leader. White was succeeded in the role by David O'Byrne,who resigned after less than a month due to sexual harassment allegations. She subsequently returned as party leader,remaining in the role until her resignation after the 2024 election where the party was again defeated.
White grew up in Nugent,Tasmania,northeast of Hobart as a sixth generation Tasmanian. [2] She attended Sorell School,Rosny College and the University of Tasmania,where she studied journalism,political science,and international business management and marketing. She graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees in 2004. She then worked as a political adviser for Labor MP for Denison Duncan Kerr and later Senator Carol Brown,and was Vice President of Tasmanian Young Labor.[ citation needed ]
For the 2010 Tasmanian state election,White was endorsed as one of the Labor candidates for Lyons. Her campaign focused on "renewal",pointing out that sitting MPs Michael Polley and David Llewellyn had both been in the parliament for over twenty years. Her advertising made use of Polly Waffle wrappers,"Pollywaffle" being a disparaging nickname for Polley. At the election,White narrowly defeated Llewellyn for the second Labor seat (also defeating the third sitting MP,Heather Butler). [3]
White is aligned with Labor Left. [4]
In November 2024,White travelled to the United States to campaign for the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign. [5]
Also in November 2024,White was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to be the Labor Party’s candidate for the federal seat of Lyons at the next Australian Election,to be held in 2025. [6]
At a party meeting on 17 March 2017,Bryan Green resigned as Tasmanian Labor leader. White was elected leader unopposed,and hence Leader of the Opposition. [7]
Almost immediately the Liberal Party went on the attack,releasing a fake CV titled "Student,party hack and MP" referencing White's youth and that she has never worked outside politics. [8] White also expressed the hope that Shane Broad would fill the newly vacated seat,and promised to bring him into the ministry. Because of this the Liberals accused her of bribery,and referred her to the Tasmanian Electoral Commission. White responded that this stance "defies common sense". [9]
White announced in December 2017 that under a Labor government she would phase out pokies in pubs and clubs thus breaking the decades long monopoly of Federal Hotels. [10] The reason given was to protect people with mental health issues and the lower socio-economic strata,both of whom are susceptible to pokies addictions. Tasmanians lose over $110 million on pokies every year. [11] [12] This phase out would take until 2023,and would come with a package to help pubs and clubs transition to other forms of revenue. [13] Following the election,White and the Labor party backtracked on their commitment to block the new licences under pressure from the federal party. [14]
In February 2018,she declared the ALP would not be supporting the Liberals in attempting to re-introduce the state's anti-protest laws. [15] White promised in the campaign to fund abortion clinics,after the Liberal government cut all funds to them. [16] At the election in March,White led Labor to a three-seat gain,while paring the Liberals back to a bare majority of one seat.
White led Labor to another defeat in the 2021 election and subsequently resigned as leader. [17] Following the resignation of the new party leader David O'Byrne just three weeks into the job,after sexual harassment claims against him,White was re-elected as party leader on 7 July 2021. [18]
White led the ALP to a fourth consecutive defeat at the 2024 election,after which she resigned as leader. White was succeeded as Labor leader by Franklin MP Dean Winter. [19] [20]
White married Rod Dann in November 2017. [21] She has one daughter,Mia,and a son,Hudson. [22] Mia was less than a year old when White was elevated to the leadership,and was regularly with White on the campaign trail in 2017. [23] In February 2021,White revealed that she was expecting a second child,due in June 2021. [24]
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