Nina Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the

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, representing the district of Albert Park since November 2022. She was previously a member of the

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between 2018 and 2022, representing the

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. She has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Skills since December 2022 and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Health. She also served as Government Whip in the Legislative Council from October 2020 to August 2022. Prior to Taylor's election into the Victorian Parliament, she was a councillor at the

City of Glen Eira The City of Glen Eira is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and has an estimated population of 153,858 (51.6% female and 48.4% male). It was formed in 1994 ...

from 2016 to 2018.

Early life and career before politics

Taylor was born in

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. She attende
Parkdale Primary School
and completed her VCE at

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. She graduated a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at

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and attained a Postgraduate Diploma of Education (DipEd) from the

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. She has also completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

. As part of her school teaching education and training, she accomplished the ''Zertifikat C1 - früher Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung'' (Advanced German language and culture) under a scholarship from the

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. She is fluent in English, French, and German. Taylor's first career roles were in secondary school teaching, in education of chronic disease management within the pharmaceutical industry, and in promotion and advocacy in the disability space. She completed articles at Quinert, Rodda and Associates while volunteering at the Melbourne office of the Women's Legal Service, and moved on to become a union organiser in the

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prior to her entry into politics.

Political career

Taylor represented Tucker Ward on the Glen Eira City Council from 2016 to 2018, where her advocacy focused on low carbon transport and sustainability measures at the local level. Taylor was elected at the

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as one of two Labor members in the Southern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council of the 59th Parliament of Victoria. She was a member of the Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee, the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee, and the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee. In October 2020, Taylor was appointed Government Whip in the Legislative Council and held that role until August 2022. In June 2022, she was appointed a Parliamentary Secretary for Health. In July 2022, Taylor was pre-selected to contest the

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as the Labor candidate for the Legislative Assembly district of Albert Park, triggered by the announcement in June 2022 by the incumbent Labor member,

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, that he would be retiring from politics. She was successful at the election and was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Skills.

Personal life

Taylor lives in Southbank within her electorate of Albert Park.

References

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