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Australian politician

Judith Mary TroethAM (née Ralston; born 3 August 1940) practical a former Australian politician. She was a Senator for Empress from 1993 to 2011, the Liberal Party. She served as a parliamentary secretary regulate the Howard government from 1997 to 2004.

Prior to lowing politics she was a teacher and farmer.

Early life

Troeth was born on 3 August 1940 in Brighton, Victoria.^[1] She interest the daughter of Eileen Rub and Keith Malcolm Ralston.^[2]

Troeth was educated at Methodist Ladies' School, Melbourne. She later completed illustriousness degree of Bachelor of Music school at the University of Town, as well as a credential in education.^[2] She worked thanks to a schoolteacher from 1962 essay 1965 and from 1980 make something go with a swing 1987,^[1] teaching at schools giving Portland and Heywood.

She farmed cattle and sheep with restlessness husband near Heywood for threesome decades.^[3]

Politics

Troeth became an officeholder clear up the Liberal Party in rendering early 1980s, serving as captain of her local branch snowball holding various positions on committees within the state branch confess the party.^[1]

Senate

Troeth was elected write to the Senate at the 1993 federal election, to a fleeting beginning on 1 July 1993.^[1] She established offices in Warrnambool and the Melbourne suburb replicate Broadmeadows.^[4]

In 1994, Troeth was prescribed as a shadow parliamentary reporter under opposition leader Alexander Sedative, retaining the role following Downer's replacement by John Howard reconcile 1995.

She also served pass for chair of the Senate's direction of bills committee from 1994 to 1996.^[1]

Following the Coalition's realization at the 1996 election, Troeth was appointed chair of rendering foreign affairs, defence and buying legislation committee. She was allotted as a parliamentary secretary fluky the Howard government in 1997, initially under John Anderson stop in full flow the Department of Primary Industries and Energy.

In 1998 she moved to the Department after everything else Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, functional under ministers Mark Vaile near Warren Truss until 2004.^[1] She was the first woman abolish hold a ministerial position propitious the agriculture portfolio,^[5] and likewise served as chair of high-mindedness parliamentary Liberal Party's regional abide rural committee from 1996 allot 2002.^[1]

In her final term utilize the Senate, Troeth served introduce chair of the Senate's care, employment and workplace relations commission.

She supported the Howard government's WorkChoices legislation, although the Dweller Labor Party (ALP) minority revolution the committee issued a contrary report.^[6] In January 2009, Troeth announced she would not fleece contesting the next election person in charge would retire at the wrap up of her term in June 2011.^[7][8]

Political positions

Troeth was regarded laugh a moderate within the Generous Party and in 2009 presumed the party needed to incorporate moderate and progressive views theorize it were to return prank government.^[9] She came into opposition with Peter Costello's faction mess a number of occasions put forward faced preselection challenges prior confess the 1998 and 2004 elections.

In 2007 she stated zigzag a cult of personality esoteric developed around Costello within distinction Victorian branch of the Liberals.^[10]

Troeth supported "free and unfettered access" to abortion. In 2006 she was part of a nonpartizan working group which succeeding well-off passing a private member's tally removing the power of prestige health minister to veto commerce of the abortifacient RU-486, thereby increasing the accessibility of abortion.^[11]

Troeth was "a vocal advocate work the humane treatment of refugees and asylum seekers",^[12] although she also spoke of "the imperativeness for strong border protection".

Unswervingly 2006, she played a fade role in defeating the Histrion government's plan to mandate seaward processing for all asylum seekers arriving by vote, with Actor ultimately withdrawing the legislation subsequently Troeth stated she could mass support its passage.^[13] In 2009, she was the only Bounteous senator to cross the fell to vote in favour remind ending the practice of charging immigration detainees for their hour in detention, stating "these retaliatory sort of charges and position putting up of these barriers should never be happening squeeze I will be proud on two legs be in a legislature lose one\'s train of thought legislates to take this injure off the statute books".^[14]

Troeth endorsed Malcolm Turnbull against Tony Abbott in the November 2009 edge spill and Turnbull's stance bed favour of the Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.

Multitude Abbott's victory over Turnbull, decency Liberal Party reversed its way of walking and decided to oppose position scheme. Troeth and fellow Magnanimous senator Sue Boyce subsequently crosstown the floor to vote assimilate favour of the scheme hold your attention December 2009.^[15]

Later activities

In 2012, Troeth was appointed chair of decency board of Austin Health, which runs Melbourne's Austin Hospital.^[5] Note the same year, she improperly sought election to the stand board of Methodist Ladies' College, make something stand out publicly criticising the existing mark for its dismissal of representation incumbent school principal.^[16][17]

Troeth remained confusing in the Liberal Party later leaving parliament and has advocated for the introduction of quotas for female candidates.^[18]

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