23 Facts About Jaye Radisich

Jaye Amber Radisich was an Australian politician.

Jaye Radisich was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008, representing the electorate of Swan Hills.

In Year 12, Jaye Radisich was appointed as School Prefect, Caltex All-rounder, and Belle of the Ball.

Jaye Radisich was a member of the Senior Debating Team and a participant on numerous committees including the Student Council, Common Room and Amnesty International.

Jaye Radisich went on to study arts, law and commerce at the University of Western Australia.

Jaye Radisich became involved in student politics while at university, and served as a member of the National Union of Students executive, and the Vice-President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.

Jaye Radisich was juggling these commitments with the final year of her degree when she won pre-selection to contest the theoretically safe Liberal seat of Swan Hills as the Labor candidate for the 2001 state election.

Jaye Radisich became the second-youngest person, and the youngest woman, to be elected to the Western Australian parliament.

Jaye Radisich faced re-election at the February 2005 election, and was widely expected to lose her seat, due to the surprise result that had elected her in 2001 and a redistribution that had further slashed her tenuous margin.

Jaye Radisich herself claimed that "many people" had anticipated her defeat.

Jaye Radisich served as Chair of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 2005 to 2007.

In 2006 Jaye Radisich tabled a report on the production and marketing of foodstuffs.

Jaye Radisich served on the Joint Standing Committee on the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Public Accounts Committee during her term.

Jaye Radisich expressed a desire to pursue other ambitions, including post-graduate study and public policy interests at a Federal level.

In February 2009, Jaye Radisich was selected from 160 applicants for the position of chief executive officer at the Council of Small Business Australia.

Jaye Radisich demonstrated a solid track record of working with the private sector as CEO of COSBOA.

Jaye Radisich formed a partnership between COSBOA, Telstra and the Federal Government to deliver information to small businesses about new, modernised awards following the introduction of the Fair Work Act in July 2009.

In 2002, during the early months of her first parliamentary term, Jaye Radisich was diagnosed with adult wilms tumour, a rare form of cancer.

Jaye Radisich had the kidney containing the tumour removed and continued to work as a member of parliament while undergoing subsequent chemotherapy.

In November 2010 Jaye Radisich was again diagnosed with a wilms tumour in her remaining kidney.

Jaye Radisich underwent surgery to remove the tumour while preserving her kidney, followed by a course of chemotherapy.

Jaye Radisich was informed that no further treatment for the cancer was required in June 2011.

Jaye Radisich underwent Sonodynamic, Photodynamic, P53 Gene, Ozone and Dendritic Cell therapies in Xi'an, China from October til December 2011.