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The Hon. Dr Meredith Anne BURGMANN (1947 - )
- Date of Birth: 26/07/1947
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 25 May 1991 | 23 Mar 2007 | 15yrs 9mths 27days | | |
| President | 1999 | 2 Mar 2007 |  | | |
| Member, Joint Select Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman | 1991 | 1995 | | | |
| Chair, Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics | 1995 | 1995 | | | |
| Member, House Committee | 1995 | | | | |
| Member, Select Committee on Conservatorium of Music | 1997 | 1997 | | | |
| Member, Library Committee | 1999 | | | | |
| Member, Standing Orders Committee | 1999 | | | | |
| Legislative Council Representative, Council of University of New South Wales | 1995 | 1999 | | | |
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Political Party Activity
Member Australia Labor Party since 1971. Industrial Relations Committee: 1990-95. Foreign Affairs Committee: 1986-90. Delegate to New South Wales conference from Sydney Federal Executive Council.
Community Activity
Spokesperson, National Pay Equity Coalition. Life Member, National Tertiary Education Union. Patron, Friends of Public Football Grounds. Member of Amnesty International; Mandela Foundation; Australian Society for the Study of Labour History; Sydney Swans; Balmain Leagues; Womens International League for Peace and Freedom; Evatt Foundation; Greenpeace; Australian Conservation Foundation; Wilderness Society; Black Womens Action for Education; Zimbabwe Information Centre.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
B.A. Sydney University 1969 (English and Government). M.A. Sydney University 1973 (Foreign Policy). Ph.D. Macquarie University 1981 (Industrial Relations). Formerly senior lecturer in politics, Macquarie University. Interests: equal pay, labour history, feminist writing and watching cricket.
Personal
Had issue, 1 son 1986
Additional Information
Publications - Articles and Chapters in Books on Equal Pay, Environmentalism, Aboriginal Rights, Foreign Policy, and HV Evatt; Green Bans Red Union, Environmental Activism & the New South Wales Builders Labourers' Federation, University of New South Wales Press 1998. (Co-authored with Verity Burgmann.)
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