Meredith Burgmann
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The Honourable Doctor Meredith Burgmann BA MA PhD |
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| President of the Legislative Council of New South Wales | |
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In office 1999 – 2 March 2007 |
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| Member of Legislative Council of New South Wales | |
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In office 25 May 1991 – 23 March 2007 |
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26 July 1947 Beecroft, Sydney |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Glen Batchelor (married 1985-1990) |
| Children | 1 (m) |
| Alma mater | Sydney University |
| Occupation | Academic |
Meredith Anne Burgmann (born 26 July 1947) is an Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member and a former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Burgmann was born on 26 July 1947 at Beecroft to parents Victor Dudley Burgmann (son of Canberra Anglican bishop Ernest Henry Burgmann) and Lorna Constance Bradbury. Her late father was a Chairman of the CSIRO. Her sister is Verity Burgmann.
She attended Blackfriars Correspondence School and Abbotsleigh School in Sydney, where she was headgirl.
She attended Sydney University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1969, majoring in English and Government. She continued her studies at the University and obtained a Master of Arts in 1973 specialising in Foreign Policy. In 1981 she completed her doctorate on Industrial Relations at Macquarie University. She became the first female President of the National Tertiary Education Union.
Burgmann joined the Australian Labor Party in 1971. She was involved in the Industrial Relations Committee between 1990 and 1995, the Foreign Affairs Committee between 1986 and 1990, as well as being a delegate to the Sydney Federal Executive Council. She was a Member of the New South Wales Labor Council between 1978 and 1991 and also of the ACTU Congress between 1983 and 1989.
She was a tutor and lecturer at Macquarie University from 1974, and became a senior lecturer at Macquarie University in 1989 and remained in that role until 1991. She taught Industrial Relations and Politics.
In 1985 she married Glen Batchelor and they have one son. Batchelor and Burgmann divorced in 1990.
Some of her first forays into politics have been as an activist. She has been arrested 21 times and spent time in prison for running onto the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1971 during the Springboks tour. She claims to be the only person sent to prison for running onto a sporting field during a major sporting event.
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