Julie Owens
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Julie Ann Owens Australia
n politician, has been an Australian Labor Party
member of the Australian House of Representatives
since October 2004, representing the division of Parramatta
, New South Wales
. She was born in Rockhampton
, Queensland
, and was educated at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (now a part of Griffith University
) and at the University of Sydney
. She was a small-business owner and head of the Association of Australian Independent Record Labels (AIR) before entering Parliament.
Qualifications and occupation before entering federal Parliament:
In the 2004 election campaign, Owens ran against the incumbent Liberal Ross Cameron
. The campaign was notable for the admission of Cameron, a prominent family values campaigner, that he had had an extramarital affair, and Owens won the seat on preferences, despite a swing to the government in New South Wales.
Owens is a party backbencher and has been a member of the House of Representatives Standing committee for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts from December 2004.
Following the resignation of Labor MP Craig Thomson from the chair of the Economics committee, Owens was appointed head of the committee.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician, has been an Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member of the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
since October 2004, representing the division of Parramatta
Division of Parramatta
The Division of Parramatta is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the locality of Parramatta. The name Parramatta has been sourced to an Aboriginal...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. She was born in Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland
Rockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately from the river mouth, and some north of the state capital, Brisbane....
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, and was educated at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (now a part of Griffith University
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
) and at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. She was a small-business owner and head of the Association of Australian Independent Record Labels (AIR) before entering Parliament.
Qualifications and occupation before entering federal Parliament:
- BA (Qld Conservatorium of Music), MBA (Syd).
- Production Manager, Lyric Opera of Queensland 1985-89.
- Senior Program Officer, Australia Council 1989-93.
- Small business owner 1994-2000.
- Chief Executive Officer, Association of Independent Record Labels 2000-04.
In the 2004 election campaign, Owens ran against the incumbent Liberal Ross Cameron
Ross Cameron
Ross Alexander Cameron , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to October 2004, representing the Division of Parramatta, New South Wales...
. The campaign was notable for the admission of Cameron, a prominent family values campaigner, that he had had an extramarital affair, and Owens won the seat on preferences, despite a swing to the government in New South Wales.
Owens is a party backbencher and has been a member of the House of Representatives Standing committee for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts from December 2004.
Following the resignation of Labor MP Craig Thomson from the chair of the Economics committee, Owens was appointed head of the committee.