Kim Carr - Senator for Victoria

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Parliament House

PO Box 6022
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel:

(02) 6277 7580

Fax:

(02) 6273 4104

Email:

Email Kim

Electorate Office

62 Lygon Street
Carlton South, VIC, 3053

Tel:

(03) 9639 2798

Fax:

(03) 9639 3109

Postal Address:

62 Lygon Street
Carlton South, VIC, 3053

Biography

Senator Kim Carr was born at Tumut, New South Wales, in 1955.

He was educated at New South Wales and Victorian state schools and at the University of Melbourne, where he completed a B.A. (Hons), M.A. and Dip. Ed.

Before entering parliament he worked as a school teacher and policy adviser.

He was elected to the senate in 1993 and to Labor’s front bench in 1996, serving first as a parliamentary secretary and opposition spokesman on education in the senate (1996-01), and then as a shadow minister (2001-07). Between 1993 and 2007 he also worked on more than twenty senate committees.

His first shadow portfolio was science and research (2001-04), which was soon joined by industry and innovation (2003-04). After gaining valuable experience in several other portfolios, he returned to his original responsibilities in 2006.

Following Labor’s election victory in 2007, he was sworn in as Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research on 3 December that year.

This was the culmination of a thirty-year interest in these policy areas. The design of the portfolio reflects his longstanding belief that it is critical – as he said in his first speech to the senate (5 May 1993) – “to maintain a strong, innovative and diverse industrial base” in Australia.

Senator Carr is married, has four children who consider themselves young adults, and enjoys reading history and fiction.