1. Rebecca Peta White was born on 4 February 1983 and is an Australian politician.
29 Facts About Rebecca White
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Rebecca White was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2010 to 2025, representing the seat of Lyons.
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Rebecca White was state leader of the Australian Labor Party and leader of the opposition from 2017 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2024.
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Rebecca White joined the ALP at a young age and subsequently worked as a political adviser until her own election to parliament at the 2010 state election.
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Rebecca White was elected unopposed as party leader in March 2017.
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Rebecca White led the party to defeat at the 2018 election, although increasing the party's vote and number of seats.
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Rebecca White subsequently returned as party leader, remaining in the role until her resignation after the 2024 election where the party was again defeated.
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Rebecca White resigned from the House of Assembly intending to stand in the 2025 Australian federal election.
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Rebecca White grew up in Nugent, Tasmania, northeast of Hobart as a sixth generation Tasmanian.
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Rebecca White attended Sorell School, Rosny College and the University of Tasmania, where she studied journalism, political science, and international business management and marketing.
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Rebecca White graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees in 2004.
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Rebecca White then worked as a political adviser for Labor MP for Denison Duncan Kerr and later Senator Carol Brown, and was Vice President of Tasmanian Young Labor.
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Rebecca White's campaign focused on "renewal", pointing out that sitting MPs Michael Polley and David Llewellyn had both been in the parliament for over twenty years.
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Rebecca White's advertising made use of Polly Waffle wrappers, "Pollywaffle" being a disparaging nickname for Polley.
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At the election, Rebecca White narrowly defeated Llewellyn for the second Labor seat.
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Rebecca White was elected leader unopposed, and hence Leader of the Opposition.
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Rebecca White expressed the hope that Shane Broad would fill the newly vacated seat, and promised to bring him into the ministry.
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Rebecca White announced in December 2017 that under a Labor government she would phase out pokies in pubs and clubs thus breaking the decades long monopoly of Federal Hotels.
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Rebecca White promised in the campaign to fund abortion clinics, after the Liberal government cut all funds to them.
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Rebecca White led Labor to another defeat in the 2021 election and subsequently resigned as leader.
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Rebecca White led the ALP to a fourth consecutive defeat at the 2024 election, after which she resigned as leader.
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Rebecca White was succeeded as Labor leader by Franklin MP Dean Winter.
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In November 2024, Rebecca White was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to be the Labor Party's candidate for the federal seat of Lyons at the 2025 Australian federal election.
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On 12 February 2025 Rebecca White resigned from state parliament to focus on her campaign for the 2025 Australian federal election.
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Rebecca White was succeeded in the House of Assembly by Casey Farrell.
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Rebecca White has one daughter, Mia, and a son, Hudson.
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Mia was less than a year old when Rebecca White was elevated to the leadership, and was regularly with Rebecca White on the campaign trail in 2017.
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In February 2021, Rebecca White revealed that she was expecting a second child, due in June 2021.
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In November 2024, Rebecca White travelled to the United States to campaign for the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign.