Kerry Nettle | |
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| Senator for New South Wales | |
| In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2008 | |
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| Born | 24 December 1973 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Greens |
| Website | www |
Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is a former Australian Senator and member of the Australian Greens in New South Wales. Elected at the 2001 federal election on a primary vote of 4.36 percent with One Nation and micro-party preferences,[1][2] she failed to gain re-election at the 2007 federal election, despite an increase in the Green primary vote to 8.43 percent, due to insufficient preferences.[3][4]
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I like for my children, paintings. They love my paintings my children. I miss them a lot then I thought that this is the right way to make other children happy, they are in hospital, they need help, they need happiness, so this is the best way to make other children happy. Maybe my children will be happy and they'll be fine. The department and Serco have run an art program and activities program here at Curtin since the centre opened in July 2010. One of the great things about this art program is that it keeps people active, it gives them an outlet and it keeps them busy and engaged. One of the great things we've been able to do here is do a number of paintings for the hospital in Derby in particular in the children's ward. They have really enjoyed giving back to the Derby community. Look my first reaction when we saw the paintings was just the volume of the work that the guys had all done. And secondly I was a bit stunned when the client said that this was the first time that they'd done any artwork. There's that great picture we've got in the corridor there of what I'd describe as the lavender fields of France but it sort of brings back a few memories of some of my trips that I've done. Also helps us 'cause we need a bit of cheeriness, I mean when kids are sick and they're feeling a little bit you know, sort of, push that just adds to that whole sort of family like atmosphere that we've got around here. Look I've seen some absolutely amazing artwork by our clients. They're very, very talented artists and you can see they're really passionate about what they do and they demonstrate their feelings and they will paint things from their past or they'll copy other pictures and they really do express themselves through their art.
Early life
Kerry Nettle was born 24 December 1973, in Sydney, to Edward and Beverley Nettle.[5] She grew up in the suburb of Marsfield,[6] and received her primary education at local government schools, and secondary education at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon[5] where she was elected school captain in her final year. Following graduation from high school in 1991,[7] Nettle enrolled at the University of New South Wales, where she obtained a degree in environmental science[5] and was active in student politics, caucusing with the group known as the Non-Aligned Left (the predecessor of the Grassroots Left). She worked as office coordinator for The Greens (NSW) and then as a youth worker. She joined the Australian Greens in 1998 and was elected to the Australian Senate for New South Wales in November 2001, joining Senator Bob Brown until her term expired on 30 June 2008.[8]
Nettle is a social liberal and an environmentalist. She believes in Government ownership of essential services, which include banking, airlines, telecommunications, health and education,[9] and other areas privatised in the last two decades in Australia. She argues that private ownership of these assets is "social theft."[9]
Policies
Immigration and human rights
Nettle strongly supports the right of political refugees and asylum seekers to have a fair process and hearing in Australia. She visited Christmas Island in January 2006 in opposition to the Australian Government's detention of 43 West Papuans that landed on Cape York in January 2006.[10] She has expressed similar concern for the 83 Sri Lankan refugees that are being held in Nauru.[11]
Nettle also fervently campaigned to bring David Hicks back to Australia. For six months, every day that the Australian Senate sat, she filed a motion to bring David Hicks back to Australia.[12]
Iraq War
When United States President George W. Bush visited Canberra on 23 October 2003, Nettle and Brown took their opposition to the war in Iraq to the point of interjecting during his address to a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament. They wore signs referring to David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib, two Australian citizens who were then being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following their apprehension by United States forces in either (this is disputed) Afghanistan or Pakistan. Both Habib and Hicks have since been released.
Bush accepted the interjections with good humour, but the Speaker of the House, Neil Andrew, formally "named" Nettle and Brown and they were suspended from the Parliament for 24 hours. Nettle tried to hand Bush a letter from Habib's wife but was stopped by Liberal MPs and Senators who jostled her and prevented her from approaching Bush. Liberal Senator Ross Lightfoot allegedly told Nettle to "Fuck off and die."[13]
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Nettle visited Israel and the Palestinian territories in January 2007, where she examined "what impact the construction of the separation wall and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict has on communities in Palestine and Israel".[12] Nettle spoke with both Israelis and Palestinians in an effort to understand and ameliorate conflicts between both groups.
Education
Nettle remains an ardent advocate of increased public education and higher education funding. Specifically, she has also "identified the need for $7 billion in public education spending across the lifelong spectrum of education, from preschool through to university and TAFE tertiary education."[14]
Women's rights
Nettle supports gender equality, as well as a women's reproductive rights.[15] During a debate on the abortion drug RU486 in February 2006, she wore a T-shirt into parliament bearing the slogan "Mr Abbott get your rosaries off my ovaries", in reference to the Catholic faith of Health Minister Tony Abbott.[16]
See also
- Members of the Australian Senate, 2002-2005
- Members of the Australian Senate, 2005-2008
- Women in the Australian Senate
- 2007 Australian federal election
- List of Old Girls of PLC Sydney
References
- ^ Double dissolution is an empty threat. theage.com.au. Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ PM - Election reaches endgame. Abc.net.au. Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ When: Past Electoral Events. AEC. Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ Senate State First Preferences By Group. Results.aec.gov.au (2007-12-17). Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b c Suzannah Pearce, ed. (17 November 2006). "NETTLE Kerry". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- ^ "Biography" (PDF). Senator Kerry Nettle. The Greens. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
- ^ "Spotlight On". plc.nsw.edu.au. PLC. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Former Senator Kerry Nettle". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ a b Senator Kerry Nettle: Parliament+Speeches Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Kerrynettle.org.au. Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ Senator Kerry Nettle: Campaigns Archived 19 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Kerrynettle.org.au. Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Sri Lankan refugees to be sent elsewhere". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 September 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2004.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ PM - Brown and Nettle ejected from Parliament. Abc.net.au (2003-10-23). Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ Senator Kerry Nettle: Campaigns Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Kerrynettle.org.au (2005-12-09). Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ Senator Kerry Nettle: Home Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Kerrynettle.org.au. Retrieved on 2009-02-10.
- ^ "I'll wear ovaries T-shirt again: Nettle". 10 February 2006.
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