Jill Hall
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Jill Griffiths Hall an Australia
Australia
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n politician
Politician
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, is a Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
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, since the 1998, representing the seat of Shortland
Division of Shortland
The Division of Shortland is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. The Division closely follows the Pacific coast, on average extending only five or ten kilometres inland. Much of the western boundary is formed by Lake Macquarie...

, New South Wales
New South Wales
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 for the Australian Labor Party
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Hall was born in Macksville, New South Wales
Macksville, New South Wales
Macksville is a small town on the Nambucca River in Nambucca Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is halfway between Sydney and Brisbane.-Town information:...

, and was educated at Newcastle University. She was a rehabilitation counsellor before entering politics. Hall was member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 for Swansea
Electoral district of Swansea
Swansea is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Milton Orkopoulos of the Australian Labor Party until his arrest in 2006 on allegations of child sex and drugs offences. It is now represented by Garry...

 from 1995 to 1998.
Hall was a Deputy Opposition Whip from October 2004 until November 2007. Prior to entering NSW and Federal politics, Hall was a Councillor on Lake Macquarie City Council.

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