Yvette Berry
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Yvette Berry MLA |
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| Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra |
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Assumed office 20 October 2012 |
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| 13th Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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Assumed office 31 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Andrew Barr |
| Preceded by | Simon Corbell |
| Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch) | |
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Assumed office 31 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Andrew Barr |
| Preceded by | Simon Corbell |
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Yvette Simone Berry 1 August 1968 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Relations | Wayne Berry (father) |
| Occupation | Union organiser |
| Website | http://www.yvetteberry.com.au |
Yvette Simone Berry (born 1 August 1968) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2012 ACT election, as a Labor Party member for Ginninderra. Yvette Berry is the daughter of Wayne Berry, who was a member of the assembly for Ginninderra from 1989 to 2008, Deputy Chief Minister from 1991 to 1994, Opposition Leader from 1997 to 1998 and Speaker from 2001 to 2008. Yvette is the first family member of a current or previous member to be elected to the ACT assembly.
For schooling, Berry attended Holt Primary School, Ginninderra District High School and Hawker College.
Prior to her election to the Assembly Berry worked as a community organiser for the United Voice (formerly called the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU)) trade union for more than 15 years representing workers and their families to win fairer wages and better conditions. She was active in the Clean Start campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and coordinated the Big Steps campaign to win professional wages for Early Childhood Educators in the early childhood education sector. Before she started working at the LHMU Berry commenced her working life in the hospitality industry where she worked for 8 years.
Berry is a full-time working mum with two young children who lives with her family in the West Belconnen suburb of Dunlop.
Berry Chaired the Legislative Assembly’s ‘Select Committee on Regional Development’ which undertook an inquiry into regional development from February 2013 to February 2014. The select committee's terms of reference sought to inquire and report into the ACT’s relationship with the surrounding region, including, but not limited to: (a) the identification of opportunities and supporting governance structures to coordinate economic development, including tourism and transport across the region; (b) the coordination of service planning and service delivery, particularly in the areas of health and education; (c) the opportunities for collaborative procurement by ACT Government with surrounding local governments; (d) further cooperation at the local government level on environmental and conservation matters and building community resilience to deal with natural disasters, extreme weather events and climate change; and (e) any other relevant matter
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