Nicola Roxon is the Attorney-General in the Australian Government.
She has been a member of Federal Parliament since 1998 representing the western suburbs seat of Gellibrand in Melbourne.
Appointed as the Health Minister in 2007, Nicola oversaw major reforms to Australia’s public hospital, primary care and preventative health systems. In 2011 Nicola was awarded the World Health Organization Director-General’s Special Recognition Certificate for her accomplishments in tobacco control.
Nicola is an honours law graduate, who worked as an industrial lawyer, union organiser and judge's associate to Justice Mary Gaudron in the High Court of Australia prior to her election to parliament.
Nicola is married with one child.
Electorate Profile
Gellibrand
State:
VIC
Name Derivation:
Named after Joseph Gellibrand 1786-1836, lawyer and explorer.
Area and Location Description:
Gellibrand covers an area of approximately 91 sq km from Maribyrnong in the north to Williamstown on Port Phillip Bay in the south, from the Maribyrnong River in the east, along Port Phillip Bay to Point Cook (Seabrook) in the west. The main suburbs include Altona, Altona Meadows, Altona North, Braybrook, Brooklyn (part), Footscray, Footscray West, Kingsville, Maidstone, Maribyrnong (part), Newport, Seabrook, Seaholme, South Kingsville, Spotswood, Tottenham, Yarraville and Williamstown.
Products/Industries of the Area:
Food processing, petrochemical and carbon products, one of Australia's largest marine engineering facilities, transport facilities, warehousing. Other industries include tourism and leisure in the historic precincts and along the bay, tertiary education sector, student accommodation, industrial and commercial parks and retail sector including strip shopping centres and major shopping hubs including homemaker centres.
First Proclaimed/Election:
1948/1949
Demographic Rating:
Inner Metropolitan
Members:
- Roxon, N (ALP) 1998-
- Willis, R (ALP) 1972-1998
- McIvor, H J (ALP) 1955-1972
- Mullens, J M (ALP) 1949-1955