Rachel Carling-Jenkins | |
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| Leader of theAustralian Conservatives Party inVictoria | |
| In office 26 June 2017 – 3 August 2018 | |
| Leader | Cory Bernardi |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Leader of theDemocratic Labour Party inVictoria | |
| In office 29 November 2014 – 26 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Paul Funnell Rosemary Lorrimar Paul McCormack Rosemary Lorrimar |
| Preceded by | John Madigan |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of theVictorian Legislative Council forWestern Metropolitan Region | |
| In office 29 November 2014 – 24 November 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rachel Carling (1975-09-02)2 September 1975 (age 50)[citation needed] |
| Party | Independent (2018–) |
| Other political affiliations | Conservatives (2017–2018) Democratic Labour (until 2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Gary Jenkins (m. 2005;div. 2016) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | James Cook University |
| Occupation | Research & Advocacy Manager (Aruma) |
| Profession | formerPolitician |
Rachel Carling-Jenkins (néeCarling) (born 2 September 1975) is an Australian formerpolitician. She was a member of theVictorian Legislative Council from 2014 to 2018, representingWestern Metropolitan Region for theDemocratic Labour Party (2014–2017),Australian Conservatives (2017–2018) and as an independent (2018). She did not recontest her Legislative Council seat at the2018 election, instead unsuccessfully contesting theLegislative Assembly seat ofWerribee.
Carling-Jenkins obtained a Ph.D. in Social Science fromJames Cook University in 2007.[1] She has worked as an academic and social worker.[citation needed] Carling-Jenkins is the author ofDisability and Social Movements,[2] which was published in November 2014.
She was elected as aDemocratic Labour Party (DLP) member in theWestern Metropolitan Region of theVictorian Legislative Council at the2014 state election.[3][4] On 26 June 2017, Carling-Jenkins resigned from the DLP to joinCory Bernardi'sAustralian Conservatives.[5][6][7] Carling-Jenkins said of the move, “I think it’s time for minor parties, like-minded parties, to unite because the conservative vote has been fractured."[8] On 3 August 2018 Carling-Jenkins quit the Australian Conservatives after the party announced it would not contest the Victorian election in 2018.[9]
In Carling-Jenkins' inaugural parliamentary speech, she described herself as a social justice campaigner, committed to raising awareness about gender selection abortions, cracking down on thesex industry, and rights for people with a disability and the elderly.[5]
Carling-Jenkins was a leading anti-abortion activist in parliament, speaking often about her hopes to roll back Victoria’s abortion laws.[10][11][12]
In a speech to the Victorian Legislative Council in September 2017, Carling-Jenkins disclosed that her former husband had been convicted and imprisoned for possession ofchild pornography, describing her shock at discovering the material on his computer and how she had reported him to the police.[13] Carling-Jenkins has campaigned widely against child exploitation.
Carling-Jenkins was a force behind the introduction of Jalal's Law, which provides that any unlicensed driver involved in a crash where someone is killed or injured will be presumed to have been driving dangerously. The change follows community lobbying over the death of 13-year-old boy Jalal Yassine-Naja, who was killed after being struck by a four-wheel-drive with an unlicensed driver behind the wheel in March 2017.[14]
On 22 October 2021, Carling married former Liberal MPGraham Watt.[15]
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