- Scott Ludlam
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name = Scott Ludlam
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office = Senator for Western Australia
term_start =1 July 2008
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birth_date =Birth date and age|1970|01|10|df=y
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nationality =Australian flagicon|Australia
party =Australian Greens
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website = [http://ScottLudlam.org.au ScottLudlam.org.au]
footnotes =Scott Ludlam (born
10 January 1970 ) is anAustralia n politician. He has been a Greens member of theAustralian Senate since July 2008, representing the state ofWestern Australia .Ludlam was born in
Palmerston North ,New Zealand .Ludlam has been involved in numerous political campaigns, e.g., in opposition to uranium mining at
Jabiluka and in Western Australia, nuclear weapons, foreign military bases, and support for Aboriginal land rights, peace and disarmament, recognition of climate change, advocacy of fair trade and equitable globalisation, and energy market reform. [ cite web| url = http://scottludlam.org.au/| title = Scott Ludlam Official website| date = 2007 |accessed = 2007 ]Ludlam spent several years as a proprietor of a small graphic design business before he undertook a degree in
sustainability policy. He completed this degree whilst working for Greens (W.A.) state parliamentarianRobin Chapple . From 2005 to 2007 he worked as a communications officer forAustralian Greens SenatorRachel Siewert .At the 2005 state election, 2005 Ludlam unsuccessfully contested the seat of Murchison-Eyre, obtaining 4.98% of the primary vote. [cite web| url = http://www.electionswa.com.au/_la_districts.htm| title = 2005 WA election results| date = 2005| accessed = 2007]
In 2007, along with Jose Garcia, Ludlam produced the animated documentary Climate of Hope [cite web| url = http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=t_NLdRUELjo| title = Climate of Hope] , focusing on the science of climate change, the nuclear fuel chain, and the wider energy revolution. This was produced for the
Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia .In 2007 Ludlam was elected to the Senate for
Western Australia , taking office on1 July 2008 . [cite web| url = http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/results/senate/wa.htm| title = Senate Results 2007: Western Australia| date = 2007| accessed =2007-11-25] . He took his place on August 26, 2008 when all senators elected at the 2007 federal election were sworn in. [ [http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/daily/2008/260608.htm Parliament of Australia: Senate: Senate Daily Summary] , No. 43/2008, June 26, 2008]References
External links
* [http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?ID=15468&TABLE=BIOGS Parliamentary biography]
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NAME = Ryan, Scott
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH =10 January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH =Palmerston North ,New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH = living
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