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14 Facts About Kathryn Greiner

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Kathryn Therese Greiner was born on 1946 and is an Australian politician and social advocate.

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Kathryn Greiner is a former alderman of the City of Sydney from 1995 until 2004.

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Kathryn Greiner is separated from Nick Greiner, a former Premier of New South Wales.

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Kathryn Greiner's father was a merchant banker, Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank and Chancellor of the University of Newcastle, and was knighted in 1976.

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Kathryn Greiner attended schools in London and Washington, and Loreto Kirribilli in Sydney, where she was Head Prefect.

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Kathryn Greiner graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Social Work.

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Kathryn Greiner holds a Certificate in Early Childhood Development from Macquarie University.

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Kathryn Greiner worked in the Institute of Human Resources at Boise State University, Idaho, specialising in childcare policy.

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In 1980 Nick Kathryn Greiner was elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party, becoming Leader of the Opposition in 1983, and defeating the Labor Party's Barrie Unsworth in 1988 to become Premier of New South Wales.

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Kathryn Greiner was forced to resign as Premier in 1992.

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Kathryn Greiner first contested the Sydney City Council election in 1995 as an independent aligned with the Liberal Party.

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In September 2012 Kathryn Greiner was appointed Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing by the NSW Minister for Ageing, Andrew Constance.

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Kathryn Greiner has been a media presenter for radio station 2UE and for television's Nine Network.

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Kathryn Greiner was awarded the Centenary Medal in January 2001, and appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in June 2001, "for service to social welfare, particularly in the area of family support and the development of strategies to prevent child abuse, to charity through raising awareness of the need for funding to permit expansion and delivery of services, and to local government in Sydney".