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Mike Kelly - Member for Eden-Monaro

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Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support

Mike Kelly - Member for Eden-Monaro

Parliament House Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel:
(02) 6277 4840
Fax:
(02) 6277 8556
Email:
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Eden-Monaro Electorate Office

Shop 16, Citylink Plaza
24-36 Morisset Street
Queanbeyan NSW 2620
Tel:
(02) 6284 2211
Fax:
(02) 6284 2250

Postal Address:

PO Box 214
Queanbeyan NSW 2620

Moruya Electorate Office

Shop 3
20 Church St
Moruya NSW
Office opens Tuesday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm
(All other times please call the Queanbeyan Electorate Office.)
Tel:
(02) 4474-0955
Fax:
(02) 4474 2088

Tumut Electorate Office

51 Wynyard Street
Tumut NSW 2720
Office open Wednesdays & Thursdays 9am -5pm
(All other times please call the Queanbeyan Electorate Office.)
Tel:
02 6947 9111
Fax:
02 6947 9111

Biography

While working his way through university, Colonel Michael J. Kelly, AM (BA LLB, PhD) worked as a storeman and packer, a cleaner, and a labourer. Upon graduation from university and the College of Law, Mike worked at a law firm in Sydney fighting for the rights of injured workers, helping with campaigns for those suffering from asbestos related diseases.

Mike joined the Army in 1987 and has extensive military experience including deployments in Somalia (for which he was awarded the Chief of the General Staff Commendation and made a Member of the Order of Australia); with the International Red Cross in Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia; Kenya; East Timor; working with the SAS in the lead-up to the Sydney Olympics; and at the Headquarters Australian Theatre and in Iraq. He finished his military career as Director of Operations and International Law and Director of Army Legal Services in 2007.

Mike has been a regular speaker at military training programs and conferences around the world and is a leading expert on Operations Law, peace operations, post conflict reconstruction and counter insurgency issues. He has published numerous articles and chapters in books on various military and legal subjects.

Mike has a long family history in Eden-Monaro. His great great grandfather, Thomas Joseph Kelly, settled in Bega in 1865. Thomas went on to found the Bega Cheese factory and was its first chairman. Thomas married the daughter of Daniel Gowing, also a significant family in the region, and had many descendants who helped build the area as farmers, saw millers and teachers. Mike’s great grandfather, Benjamin George Kelly, ran for the seat of Eden-Monaro in 1940 and his grand uncle, Father John Kelly, was the parish priest in Bombala and Braidwood before becoming a Monsignor and the Inspector of Catholic Education for the region. Mike has many relatives still living and working in the Bega/Tanja area.

Mike was first elected as the Member for Eden Monaro in November 2007. He is now Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support in the Rudd Labor Government.

Electorate Profile

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State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after the area in which it is located.

Area and Location Description: Eden-Monaro covers an area of approximately 37 619 sq km from Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood and Mossy Point in the north, south to the Victorian border, west to Tumbarumba and Adelong, extending to the western, southern and eastern borders of the Australian Capital Territory. Towns include Adaminaby, Adelong, Batlow, Bega, Berridale, Bodalla, Bombala, Braidwood, Bungendore, Cabramurra, Captains Flat, Cooma, Dalgety, Dalmeny, Delegate, Eden, Jindabyne, Khancoban, Merimbula, Moruya, Narooma, Nerriga, Nimmitabel, Pambula, Queanbeyan, Talbingo, Tathra and Tumbarumba.

Products/Industries of the Area: Timber industries, beef cattle, sheep and wool, dairy farming, dairy products and mixed farming. The Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme, snowfields and tourism are important industries for this division.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901

Demographic Rating: Rural

Members:

  • Kelly, M (ALP) 2007-
  • Nairn, G (LP) 1996-2007
  • Snow, J H J (ALP) 1983-1996
  • Sainsbury, M E (LP) 1975-1983
  • Whan, R B (ALP) 1972-1975
  • Fraser, A D (ALP) 1969-1972
  • Munro, D R (LP) 1966-1969
  • Fraser, A D (ALP) 1943-1966
  • Perkins, J A (UAP) 1931-1943
  • Cusack, J J (ALP) 1929-1931
  • Perkins, J A (NAT) 1926-1929
  • Chapman, A (PROT/LIB/NAT) 1901-1926