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Carina Garland

Carina Mary Lindsay Garland is an Australian politician. She has served as a Labor MP for Chisholm since the 2022 Australian federal election.

Carina Garland
MP
Garland at a 2022 election forum
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Chisholm
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 May 2022
Preceded byGladys Liu
Personal details
Political partyLabor

Early life and education

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Garland was born in Traralgon, Victoria.[1] Her father was a general practitioner and ran a practice in Melbourne's south-east with her mother, a nurse. Her maternal grandparents immigrated to Australia from Italy in the 1950s.[2] Her grandfather was a maths teacher at Emmaus College in Burwood.[3]

Garland grew up in Clayton.[4][5] As a child, she performed ballet concerts at the Alexander Theatre in Clayton.[6] She attended Sacré Cœur School in Glen Iris, where she was a School Prefect.[1] She later enrolled in an Arts/Law degree at Monash University, being awarded first class honours in English Literature. She received a scholarship to complete a PhD in the humanities at the University of Sydney.[7]

In her early life she experienced insecure work,[8] which she has described as "the dominant form of employment" that she has experienced.[6] She said that this experience influenced her advocacy for secure, local jobs and her belief "that people should have jobs they can count on".[8]

Career

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Garland worked as an academic at the University of Sydney.[9][when?] After completing her PhD in the humanities, Garland worked as a parliamentary staffer for Simon Crean.[10] "Simon was the first person I voted for in any election and my first boss in politics," she said in 2023.[10] She described him as a "generous boss" who gave her support and advice during her election campaign in 2022.[10]

From 2016 to 2018, Garland was Senior Vice-President of the Australian Labor Party (Vic).[9]

Garland served as the Assistant Secretary for the Victorian Trades Hall Council from 2018 - 2021.[1] Her responsibilities included the Young Workers Centre and the Migrant Workers Centre. In 2019 she was a witness in the Victorian Government's Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee Inquiry into sustainable employment for disadvantaged jobseekers, where she advocated for marginalised and migrant workers.[11]

Political career

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Garland was preselected to stand in Chisholm for Labor at the 2022 federal election in July 2021, and won the seat with an 8.1-point swing in her direction, defeating Liberal incumbent Gladys Liu.[7][12] During the 2022 election campaign, Garland and her supported knocked on 60,000 doors in Chisholm, phoned 72,000 people and had more than 25,000 conversations with voters in the electorate.[13] Garland was endorsed by Kevin Rudd.[14] Anthony Albanese described her as "a local champion who understands Chisholm and its needs".[15]

In the Labor caucus, Garland is a member of the Labor Left faction.[16]

Former Chisholm MP, Anna Burke, is a friend and mentor to Garland, and Garland has said that Burke showed her "what it means to be a really hard-working, active local member of parliament."[13]

In Parliament, Garland advocates for education, healthcare, climate change, workers rights, small business, local manufacturing, the arts and multiculturalism.[3] In April 2023 she signed a letter calling for a substantial increase to JobSeeker.[17] In May 2024 she spoke out about the Federal Government's Future Of Gas Strategy,[18] stating that she believes "the future is renewables" and that she will "always fight for strong, real climate action".[19]

Garland is an advocate for life long learning and building a thriving higher education system in Australia.[20] In September 2023 she made a submission the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report on behalf of the Chisholm electorate.[21] Her submission was based on a survey of the electorate. In her submission, she advocated for financial support for unpaid work placements, improving safety on campus, and reforming the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) (formerly HECS). [21] On 21 March 2024, Minister for Education the Hon. Jason Clare MP acknowledged Garland's work to raise the issue of HELP debt reform during Question Time.[22]

Garland is an advocate for action to address gendered violence,[23] and has spoken out about the issue of safety on campus.[24] She has said that she has "witnessed first-hand the devastation that sexual violence on campus has wrought on people's lives",[24] and that she does not want "any other generations of women to have to go through that."[24] On 28 February 2024, Minister for Education the Hon. Jason Clare MP thanked Garland during Question Time for her work advocating for action to address gendered violence on campus.[25]

Garland's electorate office is in Mount Waverley.[26]

Personal life

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Garland lives in Clayton.[4] She is a member of the United Workers Union, the Australian Services Union, and the Community and Public Sector Union.[27]

Garland is a descendant of Mary and Edith Garland, who were suffragists in Victoria[28] who signed the 1891 petition to grant Victorian women the right to vote.[3]

Garland has Italian heritage,[29] and her family credits the Federal Labor Government for transforming their lives.[4]

She is a member of the Collingwood Football Club.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "GARLAND, Dr Carina Mary Lindsay". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. ^ Lucas, Clay (24 May 2022). "Ground game under scrutiny: what it's like to cover a marginal seat campaign". The Age. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Garland, Carina (5 September 2022). "House of Representatives Governor-General's Speech, Address-in-Reply". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Pappas, Penni (23 February 2022). "Garland's Greek mission to take the Melbourne seat of Chisolm from the Liberals". Neos Kosmos. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022. Growing up in the south-east and now living in Clayton...
  5. ^ Kolovos, Benita (14 May 2022). "Ultra-marginal Chisholm hopes for a milder ride, but scrabble for votes still intense". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022. The daughter of a doctor and a nurse, Carland (sic) grew up in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne and studied at Monash University.
  6. ^ a b Garland, Carina (5 September 2022). "First Speech - Hansard, Parliament of Australia". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b Tillett, Andrew (29 July 2021). "Labor picks senior union official for key marginal seat". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b Garland, Carina (5 September 2023). "Bills - Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 - Second Reading". Hansard, Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b Commonwealth Parliament, Canberra. "Dr Carina Garland MP". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Garland, Carina (2 August 2023). "Federation Chamber, Condolences, Crean, Hon. Simon Findlay". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Transcript: Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Inquiry into sustainable employment for disadvantaged jobseekers". Parliament of Victoria. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Labor takes prized Liberal seats of Chisholm, Higgins. Here are the Victorian seats to watch this 2022 federal election". ABC News. 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  13. ^ a b Lucas, Clay (21 May 2022). "Labor seizes Chisholm as marginal Melbourne seat swings against government". The Age. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  14. ^ Rudd, Kevin (27 April 2022). "Carina Garland is a first class @AustralianLabor candidate for the Melbourne seat of Chisholm. Proud to support her campaign out in Box Hill yesterday". X (Formerly Twitter). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  15. ^ MP, Anthony Albanese. "Carina Garland Will Be a Strong Local Voice for Chisholm". anthonyalbanese.com.au. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  16. ^ "The power behind the PM – who are Labor's powerbrokers in government?". The Age. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  17. ^ Remeikis, Amy; Karp, Paul (25 April 2023). "Labor MPs break ranks to call for substantial increase to jobseeker". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  18. ^ Butler, Josh; Morton, Adam (9 May 2024). "Anthony Albanese faces internal revolt from inner-city Labor MPs over gas strategy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  19. ^ Garland, Carina (9 May 2024). "My statement on the Future Gas Policy - Carina Garland Facebook Page". Facebook. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  20. ^ Garland, Carina (28 June 2023). "The implications of a stagnate higher education system". The New Daily. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  21. ^ a b Garland, Carina (1 September 2023). "Australian Universities Accord Consultations - Dr Carina Garland MP". Department of Education, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Question Time: Universities". Jason Clare MP | Minister for Education. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  23. ^ Garland, Carina (29 November 2023). "Statements By Members - Domestic and Family Violence". Hansard, Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  24. ^ a b c Garland, Carina (29 February 2024). "Sexism and violence has devastated generations of women on Australian university campuses. But finally there is progress". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  25. ^ Chris (28 February 2024). "Question Time: Physical and Sexual Harassment and Violence". Jason Clare MP | Minister for Education. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  26. ^ "Dr Carina Garland MP - Member for Chisholm". carinagarland.com.au. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  27. ^ a b "The private interests of Carina Garland MP". openpolitics.au. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  28. ^ Commonwealth Parliament (28 November 2024). "Hansard - Federation Chamber". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  29. ^ Pappas, Penni (23 February 2022). "Garland's mission to take the Melbourne seat of Chisolm from the Liberals". NEOS KOSMOS. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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