Mark Victor Arbib was born on 9 November 1971 and is an Australian former Labor Party politician and trade unionist, who was an Australian Senator for New South Wales from 2008 to 2012.
34 Facts About Mark Arbib
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Mark Arbib was frequently described in the media as a "power-broker" within the Parliamentary Labor Party.
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Mark Arbib was appointed a senior executive with James Packer's private investment company, Consolidated Press Holdings.
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Mark Arbib was made President of Athletics Australia and has previously been a board member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and for Sydney FC.
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Mark Arbib raised Mark and his brother Scott after the death of their father when they were young.
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Mark Arbib has a Master of Arts in political science and economic history from the University of New South Wales.
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Mark Arbib is a supporter of the Sydney Roosters NRL club, Sydney FC A-League club, and is a public Ambassador for Australia's leading Indigenous non-profit education organisation, the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
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Mark Arbib is an avid runner, having completed a number of Ironman triathlons and marathons.
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Mark Arbib joined the Australian Labor Party in 1992 and was elected as President of NSW Young Labor in 1995.
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Mark Arbib served as Assistant General Secretary from 1999 and was the ALP State Organiser between 1996 and 1999.
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Mark Arbib was elected General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party in June 2004.
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In 2007, Mark Arbib was Campaign Director for Morris Iemma's successful 2007 state election campaign.
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In January 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald quoted an organisation which makes political donations to the Labor Party as saying that Mark Arbib made an art form out of extracting political donations from businesses.
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Mark Arbib was named in the ABC television program Four Corners in relation to political donations to the NSW Labor Party.
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Mark Arbib was preselected for the number one position of Labor's New South Wales Senate ticket and won a seat at the 2007 federal election.
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From 1 July 2008 to 30 March 2009, Mark Arbib served on the Senate Committees for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Corporations and Financial Services, and Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
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Mark Arbib was the co-convenor of a bipartisan parliamentary group: Parliamentarians Against Child Abuse and Neglect and is an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
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Mark Arbib was a member of the ALP National Executive and a member of the ALP National Executive Committee.
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On 24 June 2010, Mark Arbib used his power as leader of the NSW right faction to shore up numbers to depose Kevin Rudd, then in his first term as Prime Minister, in favour of Julia Gillard.
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In November 2010 Mark Arbib was the first Federal Labor Party front bencher to support same-sex marriage.
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Mark Arbib spoke in favour of marriage equality at Labor's National Conference in December 2011 and has called on the Liberal Party to allow its members a conscience vote.
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Mark Arbib argued match-fixing was a threat to the integrity of sport and called for jail time for those found guilty of engaging in serious match-fixing and for the formation of an international WADA-type body to combat match-fixing internationally.
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The United States diplomatic cables leaks revealed that Mark Arbib was in regular contact with staff at the US embassy in Canberra and provided them with inside information and commentary on the workings of the government and the Labor Party.
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Mark Arbib strongly denied having a special relationship with the United States and was highly critical of Fairfax's reporting of the cables which he claims contained a number of serious factual errors.
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On 27 February 2012, hours after the ALP leadership ballot, Mark Arbib announced his resignation from the Cabinet from 2 March, and his intention to resign from the Senate.
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Mark Arbib cited wanting to spend more time with his family than being a Minister and Senator can allow.
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Mark Arbib hoped his resigning would help the Labor Party to heal.
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In June 2012, Mark Arbib became director of strategy and business development at Consolidated Press Holdings, the private investment company of James Packer, whom Mark Arbib had helped during his time in politics.
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Mark Arbib represented Consolidated Press Holdings on the board of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and was a board member of the Packer Family Foundation which, in July 2014, announced a $200 million national philanthropic fund in partnership with the Crown Resorts Foundation.
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The changes from the Mark Arbib Review established an Independent Board of Directors and reformed the Membership of ARU to better reflect the Rugby Union community across Australia, both amateur and professional.
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In May 2012 it was announced that Mark Arbib would join the board of Sydney FC, one of the A League's most successful football clubs.
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Mark Arbib stepped down from Sydney FC in April 2016 to take up a new role as President of Athletics Australia after having been unanimously appointed to the position by his fellow directors.
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Mark Arbib is a board member of the professional Rugby League Team the South Sydney Rabbitohs, winners of the 2014 Premiership.
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Mark Arbib is an active supporter of a number of philanthropies.