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About Ros Kelly
Ros Kelly worked as a high school teacher from 1969 to 1974. She moved to Canberra in 1970 and was elected the first woman member of the ACT House of Assembly from 1974 to 1979.
She also became the first woman chair of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Schools Authority from 1978 to 1979 and a foundation member of the ACT Legal Aid Commission from 1978 to 1979.
In 1980 Ros Kelly was elected to the federal seat of Canberra with one of the largest swings against the then Liberal government. In 1987 Ros Kelly became the first Labor woman federal minister in the House of Representatives.
As member for Canberra, Kelly was secretary of the Federal Labor Caucus from 1981 to 1987 and held office as minister for the portfolios of Defence, Science and Personnel from 1987 to 1988; Communications and Aviation Support from 1988 to 1990; Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories from 1991 to 1993; Environment, Sport and Territories from 1993 to 1994; Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories from 1994 to 1995.
She also served as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women until 1994. Ros resigned from federal politics in 1995, and has worked as a senior executive in environmental management since that time.
In 2004 Ros was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the community through promoting corporate environmental responsibility and fostering dialogue between business and conservation groups, to the Australian Parliament, and to women’s health.
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