Jason Dean Clare was born on 22 March 1972 and is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022.
23 Facts About Jason Clare
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Jason Clare is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.
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Jason Clare was a government minister under Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd from 2010 to 2013, serving as Minister for Defence Materiel, Home Affairs, Justice, and Cabinet Secretary.
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Jason Clare returned to the ministry as Minister for Education after the ALP's victory in the 2022 Australian federal election.
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Jason Clare was born and raised in Western Sydney and attended Cabramatta Public School and Canley Vale High School.
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Jason Clare was the dux of Canley Vale High School in 1989.
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Jason Clare completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.
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Jason Clare was a senior adviser to former NSW Premier Bob Carr and an executive at Transurban, one of Australia's Top 100 companies.
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Jason Clare ran for Labor preselection in the division of Blaxland in 2007, challenging the incumbent 11-year Labor MP Michael Hatton.
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Jason Clare retained Blaxland at the 2007 federal election, which saw Labor win government.
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Jason Clare has been touted as a future ALP leader, but he has denied any interest in becoming leader, only wishing to reach the role of Minister for Education.
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Jason Clare was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Employment in June 2009.
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Jason Clare retained Blaxland with a clear majority at the 2010 election.
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On 12 December 2011, Jason Clare was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice and in the March 2012 reshuffle he again picked up the portfolio of Defence Materiel.
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On 4 February 2013, Jason Clare replaced Mark Dreyfus as Cabinet Secretary, at the same time relinquishing the defence material portfolio.
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Jason Clare retained the home affairs and justice portfolios through to the government's defeat at the 2013 federal election.
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Jason Clare was a member of Cabinet from 25 March to 1 July 2013.
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Jason Clare was a senior member of the shadow cabinet after Labor's defeat in 2013, under opposition leaders Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese.
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Jason Clare served as Shadow Minister for Communications, Resources and Northern Australia, Trade and Investment, Regional Services, Territories and Local Government, and Housing and Homelessness.
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Jason Clare became Minister for Education on 1 June 2022 in the new Albanese Cabinet.
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In January 2023, Jason Clare commented on the ongoing case regarding Kanye West's visa application.
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Jason Clare stated that he believed that West, who is commonly referred to as Ye, should have his visa denied for his praise of Adolf Hitler and his history of anti-semitic comments.
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Jason Clare is a member of the Labor Right faction, and after Labor's defeat at the 2019 election initially supported Chris Bowen to replace Shorten as leader.