Andrew Bartlett
| Andrew Bartlett | |
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| Leader of the Australian Democrats | |
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In office 5 October 2002 – 3 November 2004 |
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| Deputy | Lyn Allison |
| Preceded by | Brian Greig (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Lyn Allison |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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In office 30 October 1997 – 30 June 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Cheryl Kernot |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 August 1964 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
Democrats (1996–2008) Greens (2009– ) |
| Spouse(s) | Julie |
| Children | Lillith |
| Residence | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Social worker; politician; academic; social campaigner |
Andrew John Julian Bartlett (born 4 August 1964) is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of Queensland. He was the leader of the Democrats from 2002 to 2004, and deputy leader from 2004 to 2008. Bartlett was also the convenor of the Queensland Greens. He is a current academic and social campaigner.
Bartlett was born in Brisbane, where he has lived all his life. He is of Irish, Swiss, English and Greek origins, including his great-great-grandfather, who is claimed to be the first Greek settler in Australia, arriving in Adelaide in 1840. He was educated at the University of Queensland in the 1980s, where he graduated in arts and social work. Before entering politics, Bartlett was a social worker with the Department of Social Security, and worked with alternative radio station, 4ZZZ FM, in roles including announcer and finance coordinator. He played in a number of local rock bands around this time, as a drummer and keyboard player. The bands were I Am Vertical, The Cutters and Too Green For Summer (who years later had a song appear on the Rock Against Howard CD).
In 1990, Bartlett joined the staff of Queensland senator Cheryl Kernot. Three years later, he joined the staff of Democrats senator John Woodley as an adviser and researcher. He was the Democrats' Queensland campaign director for the 1993 and 1996 elections and federal campaign director in 1998. Bartlett was appointed in 1997 to the Senate casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Kernot, and was elected for a six-year term at the 2001 federal election.
A consistent and vocal campaigner for refugees and asylum seekers, Bartlett was the only Australian parliamentarian at that time to have visited every refugee detention centre in Australia, as well as those on Christmas Island and Nauru (detention centres off the Australian mainland, see Australia's Pacific Solution) where he went four times to meet with detainees.
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