- PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600 - Tel:
- (02) 6277 4330
- Fax:
- (02) 6277 8488
- Email:
- Email Richard
- 17A Yarra Street
Geelong Vic 3220 - Tel:
- (03) 5221 3033
- Fax:
- (03) 5222 4505
Parliament House Office
Corio Electorate Office
Biography
Born in 1967, Richard Marles has an honours degree in Law and a Bachelor of Science from Melbourne University. He has lived most of his life in Geelong where he now resides with his wife Rachel and children Sam and Isabella.
Richard started work as a solicitor with Melbourne law firm Slater and Gordon and worked on the Ok Tedi litigation against BHP on behalf of indigenous landowners in Papua New Guinea and drafting a new Companies Act for the Kingdom of Tonga.
In 1994, Richard commenced work as federal legal officer for the Transport Workers' Union and in 1998 he was elected their National Assistant Secretary. During his time at the TWU Richard was responsible for bargaining with national transport companies as well as managing the union's activities in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
Richard became ACTU Assistant Secretary in February 2000. In 2001/2002 he ran the Working Hours Case which resulted in workers having, for the first time, the right to refuse overtime which would led to unreasonable hours of work.
Since 2002 Richard has been a member of the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission and leads the ACTU's work on OHS.
Electorate Profile
State: Victoria (Provincial)
Name: Named after Corio Bay which originated from an Aboriginal word for 'coraiyo' meaning 'small marsupial' or 'sandy cliffs'.
Area and Location Description: It covers an area of approximately 815 sq km from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland and covering part of the Bellarine Peninsula. The suburbs and towns include Anakie, Avalon, Batesford, Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Breakwater, Clifton Springs, Corio, Curlewis, Drysdale, Fyansford, East Geelong, North Geelong, South Geelong, Geelong West, Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill, Lara, Leopold, Manifold Heights, Moolap, Newcomb, Newtown, Norlane, North Shore, St Albans Park, Rippleside, Thomson and Whittington.
Products/Industries of the area:Many industries, including stevedoring, vehicle manufacturing plant, glass works, aluminium smelter, petroleum refinery, woollen mills, saltworks, dairy, poultry and mussel farming, fishing, wood chipping, wool scouring, fertiliser refining, tourism, tannery, carpet, clothing, shoes, chemical production and aeronautical services.
First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901
Members:
- Richard Marles (ALP) 2007-
- Gavan O'Connor (ALP) 1993-2007
- G G D Scholes (ALP) 1967-93
- H F Opperman (LP) 1949-67
- J J Dedman (ALP) 1940-49
- R G Casey (UAP) 1931-40
- A Lewis (ALP) 1929-31
- J H Lister (NAT) 1917-29
- A T Ozanne (ALP) 1914-17
- W Kendell (LIB) 1913-14
- A T Ozanne (ALP) 1910-13
- R A Crouch (PROT) 1901-10