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Electorates
- MLC East Metropolitan Region from 22 May 2009 to 21 May 2013. Elected to the Thirty-eighth Parliament for the East Metropolitan Region on 6 September 2008 for term commencing 22 May 2009. Defeated 9 March 2013 (term concluded 21 May 2013)
- MLC North Metropolitan Region for a term commencing 22 May 2017. Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for the North Metropolitan Region on 11 March 2017 for the term commencing on 22 May 2017. Defeated 13 March 2021 (term concluded 21 May)
Office
- Parliamentary Leader of the Greens (WA) from 6 February 2017 to 21 May 2021
Committees
- Member, Standing Committee on Legislation from 4 June 2009 to 21 May 2013
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Corruption and Crime Commission from 24 May 2017 to 21 May 2021
- Deputy Chair, Select Committee on Elder Abuse from 13 September 2017 to 13 September 2018
- Co-opted Member, Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Committee - Standing Order 6(3): Recalling The Council from 19 September 2018 to 4 December 2018
- Chair, Select Committee into alternate approaches to reducing illicit drug use and its effects on the community from 17 October 2018 to 28 November 2019
- Member, Joint Select Committee on Palliative Care in Western Australia from 28 May 2020 to 19 November 2020
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Criminal Code Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011 Second reading not agreed to - 6 September 2011
Criminal Code Amendment (Industrial Manslaughter) Bill 2017 Legislative Council Second Reading - 15 June 2017
Electoral Amendment (Access to Ministers) Bill 2012 Legislative Council Second Reading - 18 October 2012
Electoral Amendment (Access to Ministers) Bill 2017 Legislative Council Second Reading - 7 September 2017
Electoral Amendment (Ticket Voting and Associated Reforms) Bill 2019 Legislative Council Second Reading - 21 March 2019
Equal Opportunity (LGBTIQ Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Bill 2018 Legislative Council Second Reading - 28 June 2018
Industrial Relations (Equal Remuneration) Amendment Bill 2011 Second reading not agreed to - 23 August 2012
Industrial Relations (Equal Remuneration) Amendment Bill 2018 Legislative Council Second Reading - 29 March 2018
Occupational Safety and Health Amendment Bill 2010 Legislative Council Second Reading - 1 July 2010
Perth Hills Planning Bill 2010 Second reading not agreed to - 29 November 2012 |
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Personal Information |
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8 June 1969 |
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Mundaring, Western Australia |
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Daughter of Alan Crysford Miller, minister of religion, and Kay Diane Middleton, school teacher and psychologist
Great great great granddaughter of James Brittain (built Barracks, Cloisters etc)
Great great great granddaughter of original Swan River settlers, Walter and Tabitha Jones, and Richard Barndon and Frances Freind |
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Married 29 September 2002, Darlington, WA to Luke Anthony Edmonds, son of Peter Robert Edmonds and Susan Jane Gray
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Uniting Church |
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Belmay Primary School, 1975-1977
Duncraig Primary School, 1978-1980
Mt Pleasant Primary School, 1981
John Curtin Senior High School, 1982-1985
Applecross Senior High P, 1986
Murdoch University—BA; LLB
Admission to Supreme Court of WA as legal practitioner
Adelaide University, Postgraduate Certificate in Arbitration
Perth/Central Metropolitan TAFE–Certificate IV Human Services
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Lawyer and union official |
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Play leader in the community sector
Union organiser and industrial officer, SSTUWA (State School Teachers' Union of Western Australia) and Australian Nursing Federation
Lawyer, CEPU (Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal and Plumbing Services Union of Australia) |
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Mayor, City of Vincent, 21 October 2023 to 16 October 2027 |
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Active in community legal sector as member, board Environmental Defender’s Office, Employment Law Centre and Women’s Law Centre
Delegate to Unions WA and member executive Unions WA and Women’s Committee
Perth convenor of Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA)
Guild Education Vice-President and Guild President at Murdoch University
Active in many organisations including Friends of East Timor, Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, National Union of Students, Left Alliance, Peace House, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Animal Rights Advocates, Humane Society, WA Association for Out of School Services (WAAOSS)
President, WA Association for Mental Health
Vice President, Community Mental Health Australia
Director, Mental Health Australia |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 288.
Parliament of Western Australia, Former Members, Parliament of Western Australia website. Accessed 21 May 2014.
City of Vincent webpage. Accessed 9 November 2023. https://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/profiles/mayor/alison-xamon
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 24 June 2009. |
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