Colleen Hartland
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Colleen Hartland is an Australian politician, and a Greens
member of the Victorian Legislative Council
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during the 1990s. She was a foundation member of the Hazardous Materials Action group (HAZMAG) and was a member of Environment Effects Committees on West Point Wilson, Point Lillias and the proposed toxic dump at Werribee. Hartland chaired the Maribyrnong Drug Strategy Committee for three years. She was also employed as a social worker by the Western Region Health Centre.
Hartland has previously worked as a cook in Parliament during the term of the Cain/Kirner Governments.
in the 2006 State election, elected to the final spot in Western Metropolitan, narrowly beating the Labor candidate after a dramatic vote recount conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission.
Victorian Greens
Australian Greens Victoria, also called the Victorian Greens, is a Green Party located in Victoria, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party.- Early Years :...
member of the Victorian Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...
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Early career
Hartland was an activist and rose to prominence as a leader of campaign against the storage of toxic chemical at Coode IslandCoode Island
Coode Island, was an island at the convergence of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers, 4km west of central Melbourne, Australia. Today the low-lying land is part of the Port of Melbourne, site of Swanson and Appleton Docks and their associated container storage and rail yards, as well as a number of...
during the 1990s. She was a foundation member of the Hazardous Materials Action group (HAZMAG) and was a member of Environment Effects Committees on West Point Wilson, Point Lillias and the proposed toxic dump at Werribee. Hartland chaired the Maribyrnong Drug Strategy Committee for three years. She was also employed as a social worker by the Western Region Health Centre.
Hartland has previously worked as a cook in Parliament during the term of the Cain/Kirner Governments.
Local politics
Hartland was elected as Councillor for Sheok Ward in the Maribyrnong City Council in 2003, and served on the council until 2005 as one of the first Greens elected to council.State politics
Hartland won a seat for the Greens in the Western Metropolitan Region of the Victorian Legislative CouncilVictorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...
in the 2006 State election, elected to the final spot in Western Metropolitan, narrowly beating the Labor candidate after a dramatic vote recount conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission.