Tanya Plibersek - Member for Sydney

Minister for Housing
Minister for Status of Women

Parliament House

Suite M1 45
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel:

(02) 6277 7780

Fax:

(02) 6273 7096

Email:

Email Tanya

Sydney Electorate Office

422 Crown Street
Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Tel:

(02) 9357 6366

Fax:

(02) 9357 6466

Biography

Tanya grew up in the southern suburbs of Sydney, the youngest of three children. Her parents emigrated from Slovenia in the 1950s. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications (Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Master of Politics and Public Policy at Macquarie University.

Tanya and her partner Michael have two children, Anna and Joseph.

Tanya worked for the NSW Ministry for the Status and Advancement of Women on domestic violence policy and research before joining the staff of Senator Bruce Childs and later Senator George Campbell.

She was elected to Federal Parliament as the Member for Sydney in 1998 and is now the Minister for Housing and the Status of Women in the Rudd Labor Government.

Electorate Profile

State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after the city of Sydney, which was named in 1788 by Captain Arthur Phillip after Viscount Sydney, then British Home Secretary.

Area and Location Description: Sydney covers an area of approximately 43 sq km from Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) in the north to Alexandria, Beaconsfield and Zetland in the south. Bounded in the east by South Dowling Street, Flinders Street, Oxford Street, Riley Street, Boomerang Place, Haig Lane, Sir John Young Crescent, Lincoln Crescent and Woolloomooloo Bay, the division extends to Annandale and Rozelle in the west. The main suburbs include Alexandria, Balmain, Beaconsfield, Birchgrove, Broadway, Chippendale, Darlington, Erskineville, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Haymarket, Millers Point, Pyrmont, Redfern, Surry Hills, The Rocks, Ultimo, Waterloo, Zetland and parts of Annandale, Camperdown, Darlinghurst, Kings Cross, Macdonaldtown, Newtown, Rozelle and Woolloomooloo. Lord Howe Island is in the Division of Sydney as are the harbour islands from Spectacle Island to the Heads.

Products/Industries of the Area: Commercial, financial, retail, merchandising, service, transport, entertainment and shipping industries.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1968/1969

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

• PLIBERSEK, T (ALP) 1998-
• BALDWIN, P (ALP) 1983-1998
• MCMAHON, J L (ALP) 1975-1983
• COPE, J F (ALP) 1969-1975