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WHITE, LindaBiography for WHITE, Linda

Senator for Victoria

Australian Labor Party



Parliamentary Service

Elected to the Senate for Victoria, 2022.


Parliamentary Appointments

Member of the National Library of Australia Council from 1.8.2022.


Committee Service

Joint Select: National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation served from 28.9.2022 to 4.10.2022; National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation served as Chair from 4.10.2022 to 10.11.2022; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum served from 30.3.2023 to 12.5.2023

Joint Standing: Parliamentary Library served from 28.7.2022 to present; Implementation of the National Redress Scheme served from 28.7.2022 to 28.9.2022

Joint Statutory: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 28.7.2022 to present; National Anti-Corruption Commission served as Chair from 9.2.2023 to present

Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to present; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to present; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served from 28.7.2022 to present

Senate Select: Work and Care served from 4.8.2022 to 9.3.2023

Senate Standing: Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation served as Chair from 28.7.2022 to present


Party Positions

Member of the Australian Labor Party Administrative Committee (Vic. Branch) from 1997 to 2003.

Member of the Australian Labor Party National Executive from 2004.

Member of the Australian Labor Party National Executive Committee from 2015.

Member of the Australian Labor Party Federal Election Review Panel, 2019.

Member of the Australian Labor Party Interim Governance Committee (Vic. Branch) from February 2021.

Member of the Australian Labor Party Federal Election Review Panel, 2022.


Other Positions

Member and Chair of the Footscray Community Legal Centre Board.

Member and Chair of the 200 Gertrude St Gallery Board from 1992 to 1999.

Director of Legal Super Pty Ltd from 1993 to 2017.

Member of the Ansett Australia Creditors Committee from 2001 to 2012.

Director of the Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council from 2005 to 2009.

Member of the ACTU Executive from 2005 to 2020.

Vice-President of the ACTU from 2005 to 2015.

Member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Board from 2006 to 2014.

Member of the Australian Social Inclusion Board from 2008 to 2012.

Member and Chair of the Chifley Research Centre Ltd Board from 2013.

Member of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image Board from 2015 to 2022.

Member of the Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust Board from 2017 to 2022.

Director of Statewide Superannuation Pty Ltd from 2019 to 2022.

Member of the Portable Long Service Leave Benefits Authority Board from 2019 to 2022.

Member of the Greater Western Water Board from July 2021 to April 2022.


Personal

Gender: Female


Qualifications and Occupations

(LLB) (University of Melbourne).

(BComm) (University of Melbourne).

Industrial Officer (Clerical and Administrative) in the Australian Services Union (Vic. Branch).

Senior Associate at Maurice Blackburn & Co. from 1985 to 1994.

Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1986.

Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union from 1995 to 2020.