Reba Meagher

Reba Meagher

Reba Paige Meagher (born 1967) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of Cabramatta. She was a minister in various portfolios from 2003 to 2008. On 6 September 2008 Meagher announced that she would not be seeking a ministerial appointment from new Premier Nathan Rees. [cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24304709-5001021,00.html|title=Doomed Reba Meagher quits|date=2008-09-06|publisher=news.com.au|accessdate=2008-09-06] On 13 September 2008 she announced her intention to resign as a member of parliament [cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24340130-29277,00.html|title=Axed minister Meagher quits politics|date=2008-09-13|work=news.com.au|accessdate=2008-09-13] , allowing the Premier to hear of her decision through the media [cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/now-even-rees-rues-the-grim-reba/2008/09/15/1221330747874.html|title=Now even Rees rues the Grim Reba|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=2008-9-16] . She formally resigned on 17 September 2008. [cite news|url=http://news.smh.com.au/national/reba-meagher-formally-resigns-20080917-4if5.html|title=Reba Meagher formally resigns|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=2008-9-17]

Early life

Meagher was born in 1967 in Caringbah, New South Wales, the daughter of Les Meagher, a printer for the "Sydney Morning Herald". [cite news| last =Murphy |first =Damien |coauthors =Robins, Brian |title =Now even Rees rues the Grim Reba | work =The Sydney Morning Herald | pages = | publisher =Fairfax Ltd | date =2008-09-16 | url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/now-even-rees-rues-the-grim-reba/2008/09/15/1221330747874.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 | accessdate =2008-09-16 ] She received her Higher School Certificate from Endeavour High School in 1985. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney in 1989, and a Master of Labour Law and Relations in 1992.cite web
title =Meagher, Reba Paige
publisher =Australian Women
url =http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1680b.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-02 ] [cite web
title =The Hon. Reba Paige Meagher, MP
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/Members.nsf/d890a06557517cedca256e700008765e/ac13ecc85e043b484a25674500016580!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-09-11 ]

Political career

Since entering Parliament, Meagher served in a number of ministerial and sub-ministerial positions:
*Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Minister for Transport and Minister for Roads on matters concerning Roads (April 1999 to March 2002)
*Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Minister for Police (March 2003 to April 2003)
*Minister for Fair Trading (April 2003 to January 2005)
*Minister Assisting the Minister for Commerce (April 2003 to January 2005)
*Minister for Youth (January 2005 to April 2007)
*Minister for Community Services (January 2005 to April 2007)
*Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (November 2006 to April 2007)
*Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship (November 2006 to April 2007)
*Minister for Health (April 2007 to September 2008)

She also served on a number of Parliamentary Committees:
*Member, Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and the Police Integrity Commission (May 1995 to April 1998)
*Member, Legislative Assembly Standing Ethics Committee (May 1995 to March 1999)
*Member, Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption (May 1995 to March 1999)
*Member, Joint Standing Committee upon Small Business (November 1996 to March 1999)
*Member, Joint Select Committee into Injecting Rooms (June 1997 to February 1998)

Personal life

Meagher lives in the eastern Sydney suburb of Coogee, a location that has often been the subject of media criticism given its distance from her western Sydney electorate. [ [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22505268-5001021,00.html Reba spurns Cabramatta, again] Daily Telegraph, Sep 30 2007] . She is divorced and has no children. Her partner is former Channel 9 political reporter Adam Walters. [ [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=612273 Meagher says sorry for abandoning driver] Ninemsn, Aug 11 2008] [ [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24065653-5001021,00.html Morris Iemma hires Adam Walters, John Choueifate] Daily Telegraph, Jul 23 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBSpeaker?open&vwCat=Meagher,%20Ms%20Reba Speeches in Hansard by Reba Meagher]


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