Mark Charles Parnell was born on 9 September 1959 and is an Australian former politician and parliamentary leader of the SA Greens in the South Australian Legislative Council.
13 Facts About Mark Parnell
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Mark Parnell was the first SA Greens representative to be elected to the Parliament of South Australia, at the 2006 election.
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Mark Parnell was re-elected for another eight-year term in the Legislative Council at the 2014 election.
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Mark Parnell is admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Victoria and South Australia.
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Mark Parnell was a founding member of the South Australian Greens and, prior to being elected, was a solicitor with the Environmental Defenders Office, a free community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law.
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In ten years with the Environmental Defenders Office, Mark Parnell helped many hundreds of clients on a wide range of state and national planning, pollution, biodiversity or resource matters.
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Mark Parnell represented the Whyalla Red Dust Action Group Inc in its long-running campaign for environmental justice over OneSteel dust emissions from the Whyalla Steelworks.
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Mark Parnell spent 4 years working as a solicitor in private practice in country Victoria in the mid-1980s.
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On 8 May 2008 Mark Parnell delivered a record-breaking filibuster of more than 8 hours in the Legislative Council.
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Mark Parnell denied his speech deserved the label of "filibuster" as he considered himself and Bressington responsible for presenting the entire opposing case.
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In February 2011 Mark Parnell condemned policy decisions by the state Labor government such as approval of the Mount Barker redevelopment and the renewal of the uranium exploration company Marathon Resources' right to drill in Arkaroola sanctuary.
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Mark Parnell said "The left-right stuff doesn't really work for me anymore, there's fewer and fewer things to distinguish them [and] members are carefully watching the performance of the major parties".
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Mark Parnell is married to South Australia's Guardian for Children and Young People in Care, Penny Wright.