Luke Gosling
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Luke Gosling OAM MP |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Solomon |
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Assumed office 2 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Natasha Griggs |
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17 September 1971 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kate Sieper |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Official Website |
Luke John Gosling OAM (born 17 September 1971) is an Australian politician and a retired Australian Army soldier. Gosling has been the Australian Labor Party member for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Solomon in the Northern Territory since the 2016 federal election.
Gosling is the eldest of eight children. He has a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics from the University of New South Wales.
Gosling served in the Australian Defence Force for 13 years in the Parachute Infantry, Commandos and Defence Cooperation Programs. He served in Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Timor-Leste.
Gosling worked abroad in countries such as Afghanistan, Cambodia, Albania and Timor-Leste after leaving the ADF. He co-founded Life, Love and Health, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation, an Australian charity for Timor-Leste. For his work with the NGO, he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2006 regarding relief work in the 2006 humanitarian crisis. He received a Presidential Medal of Merit from the President of Timor-Leste in 2009.
Gosling established the Remote Area Health Corps in 2008. He has also worked at Saint Vincent de Paul as a volunteer after serving as the Darwin CEO of the organisation.
Gosling ran for the Darwin-based seat of Solomon as a Labor candidate at the 2013 federal election, but was narrowly defeated by one-term Country Liberal incumbent Natasha Griggs. Gosling received a 48.6 percent two-party vote after gaining a 0.4 percent two-party swing.
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