Family friends included Muslims and members of the local indigenous people, the Dayaks, of whom some were Christian, some Muslim, while others practised their original indigenous religion. She absorbs meaning as well as projecting it. It came after audience member David Hunter posed a question to Penny Wong about whether Labor might be smarter to agree to a plebiscite so a decision would be guaranteed early next year. Keneally, on the other hand, is an ambitious contemporary of Wongs, just a few weeks younger, a former premier of New South Wales and a good media performer. I think thats sometimes taken for granted. Look, I think with the benefit of hindsight we probably got much more wound up in student politics than we really needed to, but isn't that what you do when you're young?". A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), she has been a Senator for South Australia since 2002. All rights reserved. [25], The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) was opened by Jay Weatherill in 2013, a building often referred to as "the cheese grater" due to its exterior design. Chris Wallace is a political historian at ANU and the biographer of Germaine Greer. [26] She has said that, "I do not ever remember having the sense that I denied the existence of God. [46][47] At this time, Wong said she agreed with the Labor Party policy on marriage[48] because there was a, "cultural, religious and historical view of marriage being between a man and a woman". Authorised by P Wong, Level 4, 19 Gouger St, Adelaide. Anna Bligh. [82] In July 2019, he was appointed to conduct a review of Federal Labor's loss at the 2019 Australian federal election. [9] In December 2022, Wong was deemed the most effective minister in the Albanese government in a survey of Australian Financial Review readers. It portrays the kind of person both sides of politics need more of: intelligent, focused, hard-working, with a consistent set of values and, crucially, aware of and able to work within the realities of politics, including the ability to play a long game. As a politician, Wong is not naturally gregarious; at least, not to the degree that many of her colleagues are. We are all in the debt of those like Wong who do so. When Wong won preselection for the Senate before the 2001 election (she replaced the retiring Keating government veteran Rosemary Crowley), the joke went around that she would never have been able to contest a lower house seat, being not only a woman, but Asian and gay to boot. His principles are visible in his support of gay rights, long before it was popular. [38], During her legal career (19962002), Wong appeared as counsel in 11 published decisions of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 15 published decisions of the South Australian Industrial Relations Court, 8 published decisions of the South Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 3 published decisions of the South Australian Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal and 10 published decisions of the South Australian Workers Compensation Tribunal. It was an unfortunate display of branch stacking - by both of us. She is one of the most significant political talents of our times or, as she might put it, of our generation. | Tim Hollo, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. SOUTH Australia Premier and Penny Wongs ex Jay Weatherill drew cheers as he called on Australia to take a good hard look at itself. Between 1987 and 1990, he worked for the Australian Workers' Union. Penny Wong and Jay Weatherill View 5 Penny Wong and Jay Weatherill Photos Show Jay Weatherill With: Tony Abbott , Hillary Clinton , Rod Equid , Gary Burns , Prince Charles During 2013 it became the longest-serving state Labor government in South Australian history, and in addition went on to win a fourth four-year term at the 2014 election. Over the course of last month's election she served as Labor's federal campaign spokeswoman, proving to be articulate and surefooted; on being asked anything about her private life, however, she gets tongue-tied. The question everyone asks when they know you are writing a book about Penny Wong is whether she will ever be prime minister, and if not, why not. During her time at Scotch College, Wong toured New Caledonia as part of her French language studies, performed in school productions of plays such as Six Characters in Search of an Author, and co-captained the hockey team. She says her father was the member of the family who used to construct long-term plans. Updated: November 15, 2012 Wong first visited Adelaide as a two-year-old on a visit with her mother. She seems genuinely puzzled by the idea that anyone would be interested in the fact that she is Australia's first lesbian cabinet minister, and the first Asian-born cabinet minister, for that matter. Australian Politician, Penelope Ying-Yen Wong, also known as Penny Wong was born on November 5th 1968 in Kota Kinabalu. I would like it injected in this conversation, perhaps the right of Muslim Australians to not be vilified.. Please note that all comments must be approved by ABR and comply with our Terms & Conditions. Weatherill represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Labor Party from the 2002 election to 17 December 2018, when he retired. Simons notes Wong's long-term partners, firstly her five-year relationship with Jay Weatherill, future premier of South Australia, which began while she was at university and he was an industrial officer for the Australian Workers' Union. IF HE was tenacious on the football field, he showed real talent on the tennis court. All rights reserved. The White Australia policy still existed and in any case Francis faced family obligations requiring his presence back home. The stability of the arrangement is one of the questions surrounding Labors immediate political future. Sarah Harris has led a touching tribute for Jock Zonfrillo on The Project, choking back tears as she remembered the famed chef. Life improved greatly when Penny won a scholarship to the lite Scotch College. #qanda Go Jay Weatherill - There is a simple solution and the audience definitely approves, Jay Weatherill making sense for the first time tonight - just pass the bill! Studio 2207 City RoadSouthbank VIC 3006Tel: (03) 9699 8822, Studio 2207 City RoadSouthbank VIC 3006Tel: (03) 9699 8822Fax: (03) 9699 8803, Australian Book Review acknowledges the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on which it is situated in Southbank, Victoria, and pays respect to the Elders, past and present.This work was developed in a Creative Spaces managed studio. [2][6], Between 1987 and 1990, he worked for the Australian Workers' Union. She took a job in industrial law with a firm that represented unions on the left, then moved to the Miscellaneous Workers Union to work with Mark Butler, president of the SA Labor party. On the other side, she fears what it would mean for her personally. Peter Malinauskas succeeded Weatherill as Labor leader on 9 April. Delivering once in a generation reforms for LGBTIQ South Australians taking South Australia from a laggard to once again leading Australia in respect to LGBTIQ rights; Championing gender equality achieving 50% female representation on Government boards, helping women become more financially and economically secure, and supporting womens sport; and. A0037102Z, Lives of the Wives: Five literary marriages, On Every Tide: The making and remaking of the Irish world, The Mad Marathon: The story of the 2013 Election, The Morals of the Market: Human rights and the rise of neoliberalism, Almost Human: A biography of Julius the chimpanzee. #samesexmarriage #qanda, Jay Weatherill said it as it is, pass the legislation now. Wong quickly transitioned from student politics to being active in the Labor Party at state level, and then nationally with the help of powerful supporters such as Nick Bolkus. [25] However, the bill was frustrated by Labor's conservative Catholic right, as well as a lack of support by then Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and faced constitutional issues as expressed by the SA Liberal Party. [20], In 2011/2012, Weatherill and then Environment Minister Paul Caica brought together irrigators, business, River Murray communities and South Australians more generally to fight for a better deal for the River and South Australia. Conlon, whose relations with Wong are chillier since the split, nevertheless describes her as "intelligent, and focused on her goals", and says he has "no doubt at all that she will be a success in the role". Her first long-term woman partner, Dascia Bennett, whom she met in 1995, had two children, so Wong became a stepmother. Following Labor's defeat in the 2013 election, Wong held several roles in the Shadow Cabinets of both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese, serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate throughout. Qanda effect or actually more likeable, Ms Wong backed her fellow Labor politician and university boyfriend, adding: I think Jay made the right point.. The plan included construction of a State Government-owned 250MW gas-fired power station, around 10 per cent of SA's peak demand, and grid connected utility scale battery storage (the Tesla Big Battery / Hornsdale Power Reserve) to support the grid during periods of peak demand. She was barely 18 when she seized control of the campus Labor club at the University of Adelaide; her methodical destruction of the existing power structure there gave an early glimpse of her freakish powers. Her defenders say this attitude is unfair, and that Wong, already in the Senate, did not advance at Bolkus's expense; Bolkus declined to comment this week. [3] She was also the first female openly-LGBTI Australian federal parliamentarian, and was an instrumental figure in the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia in 2017, reversing her previous endorsement of Labor Party policy that had opposed it. We will review your comment and, subject to approval, we will post it under your name. Wortley v Gazzola John Gazzola on Tuesday added his name to the list of Labor figures to publicly or privately undermine Russell Wortley. Wong previously served as Minister for Climate Change and Minister for Finance and Deregulation during the governments of Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 until 2013. Francis Yit Shing Wong was a Colombo Plan student of architecture at the University of Adelaide in the 1960s; he had married Jane Chapman and returned to Sabah with her. South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill. But the group suffered a wrenching split in 2003, on the matter of Bolkus's own future in the Senate. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. As the ALP digests its recent report on how it lost the 2019 election, some commentators are calling for a change of leadership. Asked why no other countries were vying for the privilege if this was such a good idea, he answered: If you regard yourself as an international citizen, if this is the best place in the world to store waste, which has to exist somewhere in the world, it isnt going away., Host Tony Jones joked with him: Do you have a vision here? He matriculated in 1981 as dux of the school. It's true that in student politics, where practitioners subsist on a rich diet of reality-free political theory and too many standing orders, things can often get out of hand. Arriving at the University of Adelaide in 1987 as a first-year arts student, the politically conscious Wong dabbled with a couple of environmental groups and the left-wing group CISCAC - the Committee in Solidarity with Central America and the Caribbean. But Ms Wong criticised Manus and Nauru, saying it was never envisaged that those facilities should become centres of indefinite detention. And we see, over and over, how racism was so pervasive in her life that inevitably it became the paramount issue for her. Butler, who remains factionally close, describes her as a cool political operator ideally suited to the task set for her by Rudd. 2023 Ghanafuo.com & DM Network. Wong's great-great-great-grandparents Samuel and Charlotte Chapman and their baby daughter were at SA's Proclamation Ceremony in 1836, making Wong more South Australian "blue blood" than Julie Bishop, though the money had run out by Jane's generation. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. [19][20] Wong grew up speaking dialects of Malay (Bahasa Melayu), Chinese, and English. What on earth are we doing? asked a visibly frustrated South Australia Premier, as the panel went through the painfully familiar tortuous debate about same-sex marriage. Following the 1995 NSW election, she became a policy adviser to a minister in the new Labor government. In late 1996, Wong, at the invitation of the SA ALPs left, returned to Adelaide to seek preselection for the Senate. Discover Jay Weatherill famous and rare quotes. "We don't want that in state parliament," he said. When U.S. bombers visit Australia, the U.S. government does not tell the Australian government whether the aircraft are carrying nuclear weapons. After Weatherill, her relationships were with women. [13][14][15][16][17] In early August 2011 Weatherill's attempts at contacting Rann on his trade mission to India had been met with silence, leaving the party leadership in limbo until Rann's return to Australia. (modern). [12], In late July 2011, senior figures within Labor had indicated to Rann that both the left and right Labor factions had agreed to replace Rann with Weatherill as party leader. Penny Wong is an Australian politician who has been public about her sexual orientation. About; Media Hub. She then studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours at the University of Adelaide, and completed a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at the University of South Australia. Some people are born with an innate ability to sing; some to paint, or dribble a basketball. [28] However, the mine remains operational, employing 2500 people. The Commissioner, Bret Walker SC, also wrote to SA Attorney-General Vickie Chapman asking for an extension, but this was rejected. Along the way, we learn about Wongs beliefs (she believes in God and was baptised in the Uniting Church as an adult, but accepts all religions as equal) and values her absorption of her fathers emphasis on education and ambition, and her mothers feminism and sense of social justice. [76], Four hours after the close of polls, at approximately 10pm ACDST, incumbent Premier Jay Weatherill telephoned Steven Marshall and conceded defeat. Kevin Rudd AC @AmboRudd. [86] He is a supporter of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Jay Weatherill brings down house SOUTH Australia Premier and Penny Wong's ex Jay Weatherill drew cheers as he called on Australia to take a good hard look at itself. After Weatherill, her relationships were with women. [21] At five years old, she began attending Kinabalu International School. Like Julia Gillard (a friend), Wong has answered internal critics with the most crushingly effective retort available in politics - performance. Bill Shorten. [75], The record-16-year-incumbent SA Labor government was seeking a fifth four-year term at the 2018 election, but was defeated by the opposition SA Liberals, led by Steven Marshall. She says the navel-gazing should come to an end and recommendations should be implemented ASAP. Check out the latest pictures, photos and images of Jay Weatherill and Penny Wong. The only Asian faces at the local primary school, Penny and Toby were relentlessly bullied and the family home splashed with racist graffiti.
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