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The Hon. Martin Pakula
- Electorate
- Keysborough
- Ministry
- Minister for Racing
Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events
- Party
- Australian Labor Party
- House
- Legislative Assembly
- Committees
Electorate Office
- Street Address
- Suite 3, 387-389 Springvale Road, Springvale, VIC 3171
- Phone
- (03) 9547 6262
Ministerial Office
- Street Address
- Level 36, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
- Phone
- (03) 8392 2221
Internet
- martin.pakula@parliament.vic.gov.au
About
- Name
- The Hon. Martin Philip Pakula
- Personal
- Married, two children.
- Birth Country
- Australia
- Memberships
- National Union of Workers
APHEDA
Carlton Football Club
Victoria Racing Club
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Law Institute of Victoria.
Articles at Macpherson and Kelley Solicitors. National Union of Workers: Industrial Officer, 1993-2000, Assistant State Secretary, 2000-04, and State Secretary and National Vice Pres., 2004-06. Director of Labour Union Cooperative Retirement Fund (LUCRF), 2004-06.
Academic
- Education
- Ormond PS. HSC 1986 (Haileybury College). BEc 1989, LLB(Hons) 1991 (Monash).
Occupation/Interests
Trade Union Official
Articles at Macpherson and Kelley Solicitors. National Union of Workers, Industrial Officer, 1993–2000; Assistant State Secretary, 2000–04; and State Secretary and National Vice President, 2004–06. Director of Labour Union Cooperative Retirement Fund (LUCRF), 2004-06.
Parliament History
- Parliamentary Service
Elected MLC for Western Metropolitan November 2006
Re-elected November 2010
Resigned March 2013
Elected MLA for Lyndhurst April 2013 (by-election)
Elected MLA for Keysborough November 2014Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for Gaming and Racing, and Opposition Scrutiny of Government December 2010-March 2013 and May 2013-December 2014
Shadow Minister for Corrections December 2013-December 2014Parliamentary Secretary, Transport December 2006-August 2007
Parliamentary Secretary, Roads and Ports August 2007-December 2008
Minister for Industrial Relations December 2008-December 2010
Minister for Industry and Trade December 2008-January 2010
Minister for Public Transport January-December 2010
Attorney General and Minister for Racing since December since 2014
- Appointments
- Attorney-General December 2014 - December 2018
Minister for Racing since December 2014
Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade since December 2018
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events since December 2018
- Party Positions
- Member ALP since 1987
Delegate to the Australian Young Labor National Executive in 1990
ALP Candidate for Goldstein 1993
Delegate to State Conference and National Conference
Member of Administrative Cttee 2000-06
- Inaugural Speech
Last updated: 1st July 2019