Ryan Batchelor | |
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Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Southern Metropolitan Region | |
Assumed office November 2022 | |
Ryan Batchelor is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Southern Metropolitan Region since November 2022. Batchelor is a member of the Labor Party. [1] [2]
He is the son of former Victorian minister Peter Batchelor. [3]
Batchelor has a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Political Science from the University of Western Australia, a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Cambridge. [4]
Before entering Parliament, Batchelor worked as a public servant, political adviser, and policy researcher. [5]
During the Gillard Federal Labor Government, he served as Director of Policy in the Office of Prime Minister Julia Gillard MP. [5] During this time, he also worked as Chief of Staff to Minister Jenny Macklin MP, and as a senior adviser to Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP. [4]
From 2015 to 2019 Batchelor worked as a senior executive in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, [4] [5] and was Victorian Executive Director of the McKell Institute in Victoria from 2020 until 2022. [4] [5]
Batchelor was elected as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Southern Metropolitan Region on 26 November 2022. [5]
Since 21 November 2023, he has been Chair of the Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee. [5] He has served as Deputy Chair of the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee since 24 February 2023, [5] and he has been a Member of the Integrity and Oversight Committee since 22 February 2023. [5]
From 9 March 2023 to 20 February 2024, Batchelor was Chair of the Select Committee on Victoria's Recreational Native Bird Hunting Arrangements. [5]
In August 2023, Batchelor and Belinda Wilson MP were accused of yelling at Greens MP Tim Read in the halls of the Victorian Parliament. [6] [7]