Sarah Kaine

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The Hon.
Sarah Kaine
PhD MLC
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Assumed office
20 April 2023
Personal details
Nationality Australian
Political party NSW Labor
Residence Bardwell Park [1]
Alma mater University of Sydney
OccupationPolitician

Sarah Kaine is an Australian politician, academic and trade unionist. She was elected as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2023 state election. [2]

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Career

Kaine completed an economics degree with honours at the University of Sydney in 1996 while working at the AWU before going on to become an organiser at the ACTU. She completed a PhD in Industrial Relations at the University of Sydney in 2010 and was an associate professor at the Management Discipline Group at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) for ten years. [3] Her research has focused on organised labour and the role of women in the workplace and the labour movement. She has been a public commentator on workplace issues. [4] [5]

On 20 April 2023 Kaine was elected President of the NTEU NSW Division and staff representative on UTS Council. Kaine was Vice-President of the NSW Labor and Chair of NSW ALP Women's Forum. She was a director of the McKell Institute for a decade and is a member of the Arncliffe-Wolli Creek Branch of Labor. [4]

In 2020, Kaine became Director of Industrial Relations Compliance in the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. [4] [5]

In 2023, she was number 8 in the Labor slate of candidates for the NSW Legislative council and was elected. [6]

Personal life

Kaine resides in Bardwell Park. [1] She completed high school at Saint Ursula's College, Kingsgrove in 1992 and had children prior to completing her PhD. [4] Her brother is Michael Kaine, National Secretary of the Transport Workers' Union of Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Candidates - Legislative Council Group D: LABOR". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Hon. Sarah KAINE, BEc, PhD MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Kaine, Sarah (1 October 2015). "The sharing economy is here, but Uber shouldn't get a free ride". ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Sarah Kaine - Member of the Legislative Council". NSW Labor. Australian Labor Party . Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Sarah Kaine". LinkedIn . Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Legislative Council Results - NSW Election 2023". ABC News . Retrieved 2023-04-26.


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