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Carmen Lawrence
Carmen Lawrence was the Premier of the State of Western Australia 1990-93, and Member for Fremantle in the House of Representatives of the Federal Government 1994-2007.
UWA:
After training as a research psychologist at the University of Western Australia and lecturing in a number of Australian universities, Dr Lawrence entered politics in 1986, serving at both State and Federal levels for 21 years. She was at various times W.A Minister for Education and Aboriginal affairs and was the first woman Premier and Treasurer of a State government. She shifted to Federal politics in 1994 when she was elected as the Member for Fremantle and was appointed Minister for Health and Human Services and Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women. She has held various portfolios in Opposition, including Indigenous Affairs, Environment, Industry and Innovation and was elected national President of the Labor Party in 2004. She retired from politics in 2007. She was Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Change in the School of Psychological Science at UWA between 2010 and 2018 and is now Professor Emerita in the same School.
References and Links
Lawrence, Carmen 2019, 'Is increasing density a threat to Fremantle's heritage?', Fremantle Studies, 10.: 71-80.
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