David Shoebridge
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David Shoebridge is an Australian politician. He has been a Greens
member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
since September 2010, when he was appointed to replace outgoing MLC Sylvia Hale
.
Shoebridge's portfolio responsibilities within the Greens include: Forestry; Industrial Relations; Planning & Heritage; Firearms (including the Game Council NSW); Justice and Local Government.
Shoebridge then went on to become a lawyer and worked six years as a solicitor at Taylor and Scott, a union law firm, and more than seven years as a barrister
at Denman Chambers, with a focus on employment, discrimination, industrial and tort law. While no longer practicing, he still keeps his ticket.
in 2004 and reelected in 2008. He served one term as Deputy Mayor.
He was the Greens candidate for the state seat of Vaucluse
in the 2007 state election, coming in second place.
He was preselected to the first position on the Greens' upper house ticket for the 2011 state election
despite not having served in parliament but, after Sylvia Hale
resigned from the Legislative Council in September 2010, he was deemed eligible to take her position which allowed him to contest the election as a sitting MP.
On 2 June 2011, Shoebridge took the record for longest speech in the NSW Legislative Council while talking continuously for over five hours and 58 minutes.
Shoebridge is currently campaigning to curb the use of police drug sniffer dogs and stun guns.
Australian Greens
The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...
member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
since September 2010, when he was appointed to replace outgoing MLC Sylvia Hale
Sylvia Hale
Sylvia Phyllis Hale is a social justice, community and environmental campaigner, and a former Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2003 to 2010 for the Greens....
.
Shoebridge's portfolio responsibilities within the Greens include: Forestry; Industrial Relations; Planning & Heritage; Firearms (including the Game Council NSW); Justice and Local Government.
Early career
After a brief stint as a cellarman and superintendent for the Royal Agricultural Society, Shoebridge started his career as an associate to Family Court justice Eric Baker.Shoebridge then went on to become a lawyer and worked six years as a solicitor at Taylor and Scott, a union law firm, and more than seven years as a barrister
Barrister
A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
at Denman Chambers, with a focus on employment, discrimination, industrial and tort law. While no longer practicing, he still keeps his ticket.
Political career
Shoebridge was elected to Woollahra Municipal CouncilMunicipality of Woollahra
The Municipality of Woollahra is a Local Government Area in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The administrative centre of the Municipality of Woollahra is located on New South Head Road at Double Bay....
in 2004 and reelected in 2008. He served one term as Deputy Mayor.
He was the Greens candidate for the state seat of Vaucluse
Electoral district of Vaucluse
Vaucluse is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, based on the suburb of Vaucluse. Vaucluse is one of two original electorates to have never been held by the opposing Labor party and always by the Liberal Party or its predecessors, the other...
in the 2007 state election, coming in second place.
He was preselected to the first position on the Greens' upper house ticket for the 2011 state election
New South Wales state election, 2011
Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...
despite not having served in parliament but, after Sylvia Hale
Sylvia Hale
Sylvia Phyllis Hale is a social justice, community and environmental campaigner, and a former Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2003 to 2010 for the Greens....
resigned from the Legislative Council in September 2010, he was deemed eligible to take her position which allowed him to contest the election as a sitting MP.
On 2 June 2011, Shoebridge took the record for longest speech in the NSW Legislative Council while talking continuously for over five hours and 58 minutes.
Shoebridge is currently campaigning to curb the use of police drug sniffer dogs and stun guns.