Electorate Officer/Researcher (Senator Brian Greig)
March 2003 - June 2005
Achievements:
- Effective use of parliamentary process to elevate the issue of young people in nursing homes onto the COAG agenda and to prevent proposed amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act and Disability Discrimination Act
Responsibilities:
- Principal adviser on Disability, Sexuality and Gender issues; supporting adviser in the Family and Community Services and AttorneyGeneral & Justice portfolios
- Authoring of speeches, inquiry and other reports, media lines, constituent correspondence, publications, and legislative amendments
- Parliamentary research, constituent liaison, and coordination of a national LGBTI network
