22 Facts About Skye Kakoschke-Moore

Skye Louise Kakoschke-Moore was born on 19 December 1985 and is an Australian politician who was a Senator for South Australia in the Parliament of Australia from July 2016 until she resigned in November 2017 during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, following her realisation that she was a dual citizen.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore was the social services spokeswoman for the party in the Senate.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore was born in Darwin before moving with her family to Oman when she was nine years old where her father took up an expatriate role as an air traffic control instructor.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore completed an International Baccalaureate at the American British Academy in Muscat, then moved to Adelaide to study law and economics at Flinders University.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore married Simon Moore in 2007 and has a step-daughter.

In 2010, after completing her university studies, Skye Kakoschke-Moore began working in the Electorate Office of Nick Xenophon.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore held this position until 2015 when she replaced longtime Xenophon advisor, Hannah Wooller, as the Senator's legislative and policy advisor.

In March 2016, NXT announced that Skye Kakoschke-Moore would be the third on the South Australian senate ticket.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore was elected to the Senate at the 2016 double dissolution election.

Shortly after her election Skye Kakoschke-Moore negotiated the passage of Carly's Law through the Federal Parliament.

In 2017 Skye Kakoschke-Moore re-established a reparation scheme for victims of abuse in the ADF.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore's campaign was successful and in September 2017 the then-Minister for Veterans' Affairs announced a 4-year, $2 million trial of PTSD Assistance Dogs for veterans.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore was one of nine co-sponsors of the Marriage Amendment Bill 2017.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore resigned from the Senate on 22 November 2017, after learning she was a British citizen by descent, and therefore ineligible under section 44 of the Australian Constitution to be elected to the Australian Parliament due to holding dual citizenship.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore's mother had been born in Singapore while it was still a British colony, making her a British citizen.

Under the British Nationality Act 1981, Skye Kakoschke-Moore inherited her mother's British citizenship.

Between leaving the Senate and running in the 2019 federal election, Skye Kakoschke-Moore continued as a member of the management committee of NXT's renamed Federal Party - Centre Alliance, and provided governance as a key voting member.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore ran a Cancer Council campaign for bowel cancer research in recognition of an ex-Xenophon staffer, Diana Babich, who died in early 2018.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore took up the role of Special Adviser to the global NGO International Justice Mission at the start of 2018, preparing submissions and giving verbal evidence on behalf of the organisation at Parliamentary inquiries into Australia's Foreign Aid Program and the Modern Slavery Bill 2018.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore was preselected to lead the Centre Alliance Senate ticket in South Australia for the 2019 Australian federal election, but was unsuccessful in winning a Senate seat.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore is no longer a member of the Centre Alliance management committee.

Skye Kakoschke-Moore is currently the CEO of not-for-profit organisation Children and Young People with Disability Australia.