1. Steven Georganas is an Australian politician and is the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Adelaide in South Australia since the 2019 Australian federal election.
18 Facts About Steve Georganas
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Steve Georganas gained a Business Studies Certificate at a TAFE college and worked as a taxi driver, an assembly-line worker in a factory, and an underwriter.
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Steve Georganas worked as a ministerial adviser to South Australian government minister Jay Weatherill from 2002 to 2004.
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When Gallus retired at the 2004 federal election, Steve Georganas defeated new Liberal candidate Simon Birmingham, winning Hindmarsh by 108 votes.
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Steve Georganas was re-elected with increased majorities at the 2007 and 2010 federal elections.
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Steve Georganas was defeated by Liberal candidate Matt Williams at the 2013 federal election when the Australian Labor Party lost government.
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Steve Georganas was successful at recapturing the seat for Labor at the 2016 federal election.
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In return, Steve Georganas was given Labor preselection for Adelaide, after the incumbent MP, Kate Ellis, announced that she was retiring.
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Steve Georganas campaigned on noise reduction surrounding the Adelaide Airport, and in 2007 introduced a private member's bill to create an Aircraft Noise Ombudsman.
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Steve Georganas is a prominent advocate for animal welfare and curtailing live animal exports, speaking at rallies and tabling motions in parliament calling for the practice to be condemned and fines to be imposed for animal cruelty.
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Steve Georganas campaigned for the super-trawler FV Margiris to be banned from fishing in Australia.
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Steve Georganas voted in support of same-sex marriage in Australia when the issue was debated in parliament in 2013.
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Steve Georganas has campaigned for a "Do Not Knock" register to ban door-to-door salespeople from visiting registered properties, and introduced a private member's bill to create a register in 2012.
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Steve Georganas left Labor Left, the faction that had supported him since the 1990s, in May 2019.
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Steve Georganas joined several other South Australian MPs, candidates and members who had resigned from the left to join Labor Unity, including Tony Piccolo MP in 2013 and candidate Jo Chapley in 2018.
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Steve Georganas has lived in the suburb of Mile End, currently in the electorate of Adelaide, his entire life.
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Steve Georganas is a supporter of the West Adelaide Football Club, and was a member of the club's board of directors from 2013 to 2016.
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Steve Georganas is involved in numerous community organizations, including as president of his local Lions club, and as a board member of the Adelaide Greek Glendi Festival.