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Australian Politics after COVID
Members' Lunch with Clare O'Neil MP
Hosted by:
Dr Helen Sykes AM
May 18, 2021 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
$80.00 – $95What does COVID mean for Australia in the decades to come? The world is not going to get put back together the way it was before. Post COVID politics needs to be about transformation, not restoration, and driven by optimism, not nostalgia.
Clare grew up in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. After she finished school, Clare studied Law at Monash University in Clayton. While she was at university, Clare was elected to the City of Greater Dandenong Council and a year later she became mayor of the City of Greater Dandenong.
After graduating from Monash Uni, Clare travelled to Harvard University in the US to study Public Policy. While she was there she lived in Boston and New York and worked in the New York Stock Exchange.
Clare is also a participant in the World Economic Forum of Young Global Leaders.
She was elected to Federal Parliament in 2013. She represents the electorate of Hotham in Melbourne’s South East, which stretches from Mount Waverley in the north to Springvale in the south and is home to over 130,000 people. Hotham is one of the most diverse electorates in Australia, with 35% of residents born overseas.
Clare was appointed to the Shadow Ministry as the Shadow Minister for Justice in 2016 and was also appointed Shadow Minister for Financial Services in 2018. In July 2019, Clare was appointed the Shadow Minister for Innovation, Technology and the Future of Work, and since February 2021 Clare has been the Shadow Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services.
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