Kerry O'Brien - Senator for Tasmania

Parliament House

Tel:

(02) 6277 3842

Fax:

(02) 6277 3780

Email:

Email Kerry

Electorate Office

44 Charles Street
Launceston, TAS, 7250

Tel:

(03) 6334 9366

Fax:

(03) 6334 9369

Postal Address:

PO Box 1193
Launceston, TAS, 7250

Biography

Senator Kerry O'Brien was appointed to the Senate in 1996. He was returned to the Senate at the 1998 and 2004 Federal Elections.

Senator O'Brien was first elected to Shadow Cabinet in November 2001 and has served as Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Resources, Shadow Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs, Shadow Minister for Tourism, Shadow Minister for Regional Services, Local Government and Territories, and Shadow Minister for Transport.

He was appointed Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry in December 2006.

Senator O'Brien has been an active member of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee and the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and was a member of the Senate Select Committee on the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement.

Prior to entering parliament Senator O'Brien was Secretary of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union (Tasmanian Branch) and a member of the union's National Executive.

Senator O'Brien is married and has two children. He lives on a small property in northern Tasmania.