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Glenn Sterle - Wikipedia

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Senator Glenn Sterle


Senator for Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2005

Personal details
Born	(1960-01-03) 3 January 1960 (age 64) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor (since 1991)
Occupation	Union organiser
Website	www.glennsterle.com.au

Glenn Sterle (born 3 January 1960) is an Australian politician.^[1] A former trade union organiser, he has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since 2005, representing the state of Western Australia.^[2]

Early life

Sterle was born in Melbourne on 3 January 1960.^[3] His father was born in Yugoslavia and arrived in Australia as a refugee after World War II, while his mother was born in the United Kingdom.^[4]

Sterle grew up in the Perth suburb of Langford.^[2] He attended Thornlie Senior High School, but dropped out at the age of 17 to work as a furniture removalist.^[5] Three years later, he founded his own business operating road trains throughout northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory. He spent fourteen years working as an owner-operator before giving up his business to take on a position as an organiser with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) in 1991.^[5]

Labour movement

Aside from working as a TWU organiser, Sterle served on his local branch committee, and was ultimately elected to the union's federal council in 1998, remaining in all three positions until his election to the Senate in 2004. His time with the union included a brief stint as acting state secretary in 1998 and an integral role in a major airline strike in the state in 2000. It was also during this period that Sterle received the Centenary Medal, in 2003, for services to training in the transport industry.^[6]

Politics

Sterle's involvement with the union prompted him to join the Australian Labor Party in 1991, and in 1999, he was elected as a delegate to the party's state conference. He served as the ALP's transport policy convener in 2000, and was a delegate to the party's national conference in 2002 and 2004.^[7] He subsequently decided to make a bid to enter parliament, and in the lead-up to the 2004 federal election, challenged the preselection of veteran senator and former cabinet minister Peter Cook. Cook was determined to remain in parliament,^[8] but withdrew from the ballot of their shared Centre Faction when it became clear that Sterle had achieved enough support to win.^[9] As a result, Sterle gained the second position on the party's Senate ticket and was easily elected.^[10]

Senate

Sterle's term began on 1 July 2005. He has served on a variety of Senate and joint-house committees, notably Rural and Regional Affairs, and Transport: Legislation and References. He served as a temporary Chair of Committees from 12 November 2013 to 9 May 2016.^[3]

Sterle was appointed Shadow Assistant Minister for Road Safety in Bill Shorten's shadow ministry in June 2018, and retained the position in the Anthony Albanese's shadow ministry after the 2019 election.^[3]

References

^ "The 42nd Parliament Senators and Members, by Date of Birth". 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Glenn Sterle, Senator for Western Australia First Speech". 16 August 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Senator Glenn Sterle (official website) Archived 25 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine at Parliament of Australia
^ Martin, Sarah; Butterly, Nick (25 November 2017). "Coalition Government draws up hit-list of Labor pollies under dual-citizenship cloud". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Glenn Sterle - Senator for Western Australia". Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ "IR Choiced for the Future" (PDF). 26 October 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ Kevin Andrews. "2004 Who's Who Guide to the ALP Conference". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^ "WA Senator dropped by Labor faction". ABC News. 14 November 2004. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^ Antony Green (24 September 2004). "2004 Federal Election Senate Western Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^ "Greens win fourth Senate seat". ABC News Online. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 22 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.

External links

Summary of parliamentary voting for Senator Glenn Sterle on TheyVoteForYou.org.au Archived 10 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine

Current members of the Australian Senate

Coalition (30)

Liberal* (24)	NSW Andrew Bragg Hollie Hughes Maria Kovacic Dave Sharma Vic Sarah Henderson Jane Hume James Paterson Qld James McGrath Paul Scarr WA Slade Brockman Michaelia Cash Matt O'Sullivan Linda Reynolds Dean Smith SA Alex Antic Simon Birmingham David Fawcett Kerrynne Liddle Andrew McLachlan Anne Ruston Tas Wendy Askew Claire Chandler Richard Colbeck Jonathon Duniam

National* (6)	NSW Ross Cadell Perin Davey Vic Bridget McKenzie Qld Matt Canavan Susan McDonald NT Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Labor (25)

Greens (11)

NSW
- Mehreen Faruqi
- David Shoebridge
Vic
- Steph Hodgins-May
Qld
- Penny Allman-Payne
- Larissa Waters
WA
- Dorinda Cox
- Jordon Steele-John
SA
- Sarah Hanson-Young
- Barbara Pocock
Tas
- Nick McKim
- Peter Whish-Wilson

One Nation (2)

Qld
- Pauline Hanson
- Malcolm Roberts

Lambie (1)

Tas
- Jacqui Lambie

United Australia (1)

Vic
- Ralph Babet

Independent (6)

*The Liberal and National totals include members of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and the Country Liberal Party (NT) who caucus with either the federal Liberals or Nationals.

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