Ros Kelly
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The Honourable Ros Kelly AO |
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| Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women | |
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In office 23 December 1993 – 1 March 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Wendy Fatin |
| Succeeded by | Carmen Lawrence |
| Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | |
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In office 4 April 1990 – 1 March 1994 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Graham Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Graham Richardson |
| Minister for Tourism | |
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In office 4 April 1990 – 27 December 1991 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Graham Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Alan Griffiths |
| Minister for the Arts | |
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In office 4 April 1990 – 24 March 1993 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Graham Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Bob McMullan |
| Minister for Telecommunications and Aviation Support | |
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In office 6 April 1989 – 4 April 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Gary Punch |
| Succeeded by | Title abolished |
| Minister for Defence Science and Personnel | |
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In office 18 September 1987 – 6 April 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | New title |
| Succeeded by | David Simmons |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Canberra |
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In office 18 October 1980 – 30 January 1995 |
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| Preceded by | John Haslem |
| Succeeded by | Brendan Smyth |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Roslyn Joan Raw 25 January 1948 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Roslyn Joan "Ros" Kelly AO (born 25 January 1948) was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Canberra from 18 October 1980 to 30 January 1995. She was a minister in the governments of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.
She was born Roslyn Joan Raw, the daughter of Michael and Patricia Raw. She studied at the University of Sydney and received a degree in teaching in 1968 and worked as a secondary school teacher from 1969 until 1974. Kelly was elected to the then advisory Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly in 1974. She was a member of the assembly until 1979. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1980.
In 1983, Ros Kelly was the first Australian Federal MP to give birth while in office. In 1987, she became the first female Labor minister from the House of Representatives, when she was appointed Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. She subsequently held the portfolios of Communications and Aviation Support 1988–90; Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories 1991–93; Environment, Sport and Territories 1993–94; and Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 1994–95. She also served as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women until 1994.
She suffered considerable embarrassment as a result of the so-called 'sports rorts affair', when she revealed that funding for sporting bodies was arranged on the basis of a group discussion around a "great big whiteboard" in her office. She resigned from the ministry on 28 February 1994 and from parliament 11 months later on 30 January 1995. The resulting by-election on 25 March 1995 saw the loss of the Canberra electorate to the opposition Liberal Party.
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