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{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1968)}}

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1968)}}

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For schooling, Berry attended Holt Primary School, Ginninderra District High School and [[Hawker College]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.education.act.gov.au/canberra-public-school-alumni/alumni-list?result_658003_result_page=B|title=Celebrating the Achievements of our Past Students|publisher=ACT Government|website=Education Directorate|access-date=30 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130043224/http://www.education.act.gov.au/canberra-public-school-alumni/alumni-list?result_658003_result_page=B|archive-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>

For schooling, Berry attended Holt Primary School, Ginninderra District High School and [[Hawker College]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.education.act.gov.au/canberra-public-school-alumni/alumni-list?result_658003_result_page=B|title=Celebrating the Achievements of our Past Students|publisher=ACT Government|website=Education Directorate|access-date=30 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130043224/http://www.education.act.gov.au/canberra-public-school-alumni/alumni-list?result_658003_result_page=B|archive-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>

Prior to her election to the Assembly Berry worked as a community organiser for the [[United Voice]] (formerly called the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU)) trade union for more than 15 years representing workers and their families to win fairer wages and better conditions.<ref name=cantimes>{{cite news|last=Jean|first=Peter|title=Life turns full circle for firefighter’s widow|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/life-turns-full-circle-for-firefighters-widow-20121016-27pod.html|access-date=4 January 2013|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=17 October 2012}}</ref> She was active in the [[United Voice#Clean Start|Clean Start]] campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and coordinated the [[United Voice#Big Steps|Big Steps]] campaign to win professional wages for Early Childhood Educators in the early childhood education sector.<ref>Berry, Yvette (7 November 2012) www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2013/week01/24.htm|date=27</ref> Before she started working at the LHMU Berry commenced her working life in the hospitality industry where she worked for 8 years.<ref name=”yvetteberry.com.au”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yvetteberry.com.au/about-me/about-me/|title=About Me|website=www.yvetteberry.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref>

Prior to her election to the Assembly Berry worked as a community organiser for the [[United Voice]] (formerly called the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU)) trade union for more than 15 years representing workers and their families to win fairer wages and better conditions.<ref name=cantimes>{{cite news|last=Jean|first=Peter|title=Life turns full circle for firefighter’s widow|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/life-turns-full-circle-for-firefighters-widow-20121016-27pod.html|access-date=4 January 2013|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=17 October 2012}}</ref> She was active in the [[United Voice#Clean Start|Clean Start]] campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and coordinated the [[United Voice#Big Steps|Big Steps]] campaign to win professional wages for Early Childhood Educators in the early childhood education sector.<ref>Berry, Yvette (7 November 2012) www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2013/week01/24.htm|date=27</ref> Before she started working at the LHMU Berry commenced her working life in the hospitality industry where she worked for 8 years.<ref name=”yvetteberry.com.au”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yvetteberry.com.au/about-me/about-me/|title=About Me|website=www.yvetteberry.com.au|language=en|access-date=13}}</ref>

Berry is a full-time working mother with two children who lives with her family in the [[Belconnen|West Belconnen]] suburb of [[Macgregor, Australian Capital Territory|Macgregor]].<ref name=”yvetteberry.com.au”/>

Berry is a full-time working mother with two children who lives with her family in the [[Belconnen|West Belconnen]] suburb of [[Macgregor, Australian Capital Territory|Macgregor]].<ref name=”yvetteberry.com.au”/>

== Political career ==

== Political career ==

Berry chaired the Legislative Assembly’s ‘Select Committee on Regional Development’ which undertook an inquiry into regional development from February 2013 to February 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/select_committees/Regional-Development |title=Regional Development – ACT Legislative Assembly |website=www.parliament.act.gov.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017102435/http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/select_committees/Regional-Development |archive-date=2013-10-17}} </ref>

Berry chaired the Legislative Assembly’s ‘Select Committee on Regional Development’ which undertook an inquiry into regional development from February 2013 to February 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/select_committees/Regional-Development |title=Regional Development – ACT Legislative Assembly |website=www.parliament.act.gov.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017102435/http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/select_committees/Regional-Development |archive-date=17}} </ref>

In 2014 Berry was a member of the following Standing Committees: Public Accounts (PAC), Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services (HACS), Education, Training and Youth Affairs (ETYA) and Chair of the Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services (PETAMS) Standing Committee.<ref>ACT Legislative Assembly (n.d) [http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/standing_committees/administration_and_procedure Standing Committees – current Assembly ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228230918/http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/standing_committees/administration_and_procedure |date=28 February 2015 }}</ref>

In 2014 Berry was a member of the following Standing Committees: Public Accounts (PAC), Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services (HACS), Education, Training and Youth Affairs (ETYA) and Chair of the Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services (PETAMS) Standing Committee.<ref>ACT Legislative Assembly (n.d) [http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/standing_committees/administration_and_procedure Standing Committees – current Assembly ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228230918/http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/standing_committees/administration_and_procedure |date=28 February 2015 }}</ref>

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On 20 January, [[Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory|Chief Minister]] [[Andrew Barr]] appointed Berry a Minister in his Government. She assumed the following portfolios: Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Housing, Community Services and Social Inclusion, Multicultural and Youth Affairs and she was made Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Social Inclusion and Equality.<ref>Barr, Andrew. (20 January 2015) Media Release: Urban renewal, transport, equality and jobs on agenda with new portfolios [link to be published]</ref>

On 20 January, [[Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory|Chief Minister]] [[Andrew Barr]] appointed Berry a Minister in his Government. She assumed the following portfolios: Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Housing, Community Services and Social Inclusion, Multicultural and Youth Affairs and she was made Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Social Inclusion and Equality.<ref>Barr, Andrew. (20 January 2015) Media Release: Urban renewal, transport, equality and jobs on agenda with new portfolios [link to be published]</ref>

Following the [[2016 Australian Capital Territory election|ACT 2016 election]], Berry was appointed Deputy Chief Minister in the re-elected Barr Labor Government. This is the same position her father, Wayne, held between 1991 and 1994. She assumed portfolio responsibilities for Education and Early Childhood Development, Housing and Suburban Development, Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Sport and Recreation, while retaining portfolio responsibilities for Women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/ninth-assembly-members/ginninderra/berry-yvette|title=Berry-Yvette|last=Manager|first=Web|date=2016-11-17|website=www.parliament.act.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref>

Following the [[2016 Australian Capital Territory election|ACT 2016 election]], Berry was appointed Deputy Chief Minister in the re-elected Barr Labor Government. This is the same position her father, Wayne, held between 1991 and 1994. She assumed portfolio responsibilities for Education and Early Childhood Development, Housing and Suburban Development, Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Sport and Recreation, while retaining portfolio responsibilities for Women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/ninth-assembly-members/ginninderra/berry-yvette|title=Berry-Yvette|last=Manager|first=Web|date=2016|website=www.parliament.act.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

Australian politician (born 1968)

Yvette Simone Berry (born 1 August 1968) is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. She has been a Labor Party member for the seat of Ginninderra in the ACT Legislative Assembly since the 2012 ACT election. Berry is the daughter of Wayne Berry who was a Member of the ACT Assembly for Ginninderra from 1989 to 2008, Deputy Chief Minister from 1991 to 1994, Opposition Leader from 1997 to 1998 and Speaker from 2001 to 2008.^[2] Berry is the first family member of a current or previous member to be elected to the ACT assembly.

Biography

For schooling, Berry attended Holt Primary School, Ginninderra District High School and Hawker College.^[3]

Prior to her election to the Assembly Berry worked as a community organiser for the United Voice (formerly called the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU)) trade union for more than 15 years representing workers and their families to win fairer wages and better conditions.^[4] She was active in the Clean Start campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and coordinated the Big Steps campaign to win professional wages for Early Childhood Educators in the early childhood education sector.^[5] Before she started working at the LHMU Berry commenced her working life in the hospitality industry where she worked for 8 years.^[6]

Berry is a full-time working mother with two children who lives with her family in the West Belconnen suburb of Macgregor.^[6]

Political career

Berry chaired the Legislative Assembly’s ‘Select Committee on Regional Development’ which undertook an inquiry into regional development from February 2013 to February 2014.^[7]

In 2014 Berry was a member of the following Standing Committees: Public Accounts (PAC), Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services (HACS), Education, Training and Youth Affairs (ETYA) and Chair of the Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services (PETAMS) Standing Committee.^[8]

Berry voted for the Legislative Assembly’s ‘Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013’^[9]

On 20 January, Chief Minister Andrew Barr appointed Berry a Minister in his Government. She assumed the following portfolios: Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Housing, Community Services and Social Inclusion, Multicultural and Youth Affairs and she was made Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Social Inclusion and Equality.^[10]

Following the ACT 2016 election, Berry was appointed Deputy Chief Minister in the re-elected Barr Labor Government. This is the same position her father, Wayne, held between 1991 and 1994. She assumed portfolio responsibilities for Education and Early Childhood Development, Housing and Suburban Development, Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Sport and Recreation, while retaining portfolio responsibilities for Women.^[11]

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