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Claire Moore | |
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| Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate | |
| In office 18 October 2013 – 23 July 2016 | |
| Leader | Penny Wong |
| Preceded by | Mitch Fifield |
| Succeeded by | Sam Dastyari |
| Senator forQueensland | |
| In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Claire Mary Moore 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
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| Occupation | Trade unionist Public servant |
| Website | Official website |
Claire Mary Moore (born 1956) is an Australian politician who was anAustralian Labor PartySenator forQueensland from 2002 to 2019, having been elected in the2001 Federal Election, and theShadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Prior to entering Parliament, Moore was the Queensland Secretary of theCommunity and Public Sector Union from 1994 to 2001 and a public servant. Senator Moore has previously served as Shadow Minister for Women, Shadow Minister for Carers, Shadow Minister for Communities, and the Manager of Opposition Business in theSenate.
Clare Mary Moore[citation needed] was born in 1956 inToowoomba,Queensland, to Catholic parents Mick and Mary Moore.[1]
She attended St Saviour's College, prior to studying at both theUniversity of Queensland and theUniversity of Southern Queensland.[1]
Moore worked as a public servant in theDepartment of Aboriginal Affairs and theDepartment of Social Security (nowCentrelink) between 1980 and 1994.
Moore was elected Branch Secretary of theCommunity and Public Sector Union (CPSU) in 1994: a position she held until her election to theSenate in 2001.
From 1996 to 2001, Moore was vice-president, Chair of the Women's Committee and Chair of the Arts Committee of theQueensland Council of Unions (QCU).
She is also a keen member and supporter ofAPHEDA: the trade union overseas aid program.
Moore was elected Senator for Queensland at theFederal Election held on 10 November 2001, representing theAustralian Labor Party (ALP). Her first six-year term began on 1 July 2002.
She was re-elected to a second term at theFederal Election held on 24 November 2007; and to a third term (which commenced on 1 July 2014) at theFederal Election held on 7 September 2013.
In the Senate, she has served as Chair or Deputy Chair of the Community Affairs Committee since July 2005,[2] including both Chair of the Community Affairs (Legislation) Committee and Deputy Chair of the Community Affairs (References) Committee.
Moore has also served as a Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; as a Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances; and as the Chair of the Parliamentary Group on Population and Development.
In July 2018 Moore announced that she would retire at thenext election.[3]
On Friday 18 October 2013, The HonBill Shorten MP, Leader of the Opposition, announced the allocation of portfolios[4] in which Moore was appointed Shadow Minister for Women, Shadow Minister for Carers, Shadow Minister for Communities, andManager of Opposition Business in the Senate.
Following Labor's narrow defeat at the2016 election, Moore lost the Manager of Opposition Business role toSam Dastyari but remained in the outer ministry becoming the Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific.
Moore has been involved in many community organisations, includingAustralians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), theAustralian Republican Movement (ARM), Friends of theABC,EMILY's List, and the Australian Workers' Heritage Centre, the last two of which she was a founding member.[citation needed] Moore was an executive member of theAustralia Palestine Advocacy Network in the early 2020s.[5][6]
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| Vacant Title last held by Mitch Fifield | Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate 2013–2016 | Succeeded by |
