Sarah Kaine

The Hon.
Sarah Kaine
PhD MLC
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 April 2023
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Political partyNSW Labor
SpouseTony Sheldon (divorced)[1]
ResidenceBardwell Park[2]
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationPolitician

Sarah Kaine is an Australian politician, academic and trade unionist. She was elected as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2023 state election.[3]

Career

Kaine completed an economics degree with honours at the University of Sydney in 1996 while working at the AWU before going on to become an organiser at the ACTU. She completed a PhD in Industrial Relations at the University of Sydney in 2010 and was an associate professor at the Management Discipline Group at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) for ten years.[4] Her research has focused on organised labour and the role of women in the workplace and the labour movement. She has been a public commentator on workplace issues.[5][6]

Kaine was elected President of the NTEU NSW Division and staff representative on UTS Council. Kaine was Vice-President of the NSW Labor and Chair of NSW ALP Women's Forum. She was a director of the McKell Institute for a decade and is a member of the Arncliffe-Wolli Creek Branch of Labor.[5]

In 2020, Kaine became Director of Industrial Relations Compliance in the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.[5][6]

At the 2023 New South Wales state election, she was the eighth candidate on NSW Labor's ticket for the Legislative Council and was elected.[7]

In October 2023, Kaine signed an open letter which condemned attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[8]

Personal life

Kaine resides in Bardwell Park.[2] She completed high school at Saint Ursula's College, Kingsgrove in 1992 and had children prior to completing her PhD.[5] Her brother is Michael Kaine, National Secretary of the Transport Workers' Union of Australia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "NSW Labor's musical chairs risks pre-poll split". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Candidates - Legislative Council Group D: LABOR". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The Hon. Sarah KAINE, BEc, PhD MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ^ Kaine, Sarah (1 October 2015). "The sharing economy is here, but Uber shouldn't get a free ride". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d "Sarah Kaine - Member of the Legislative Council". NSW Labor. Australian Labor Party. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Sarah Kaine". LinkedIn. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Legislative Council Results - NSW Election 2023". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  8. ^ "'Catastrophic crisis': NSW politicians release open letter supporting Palestinian communities". ABC News. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.


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