Stephen Loosley
AM FRSN (born 29 December 1952) is an Australian politician. He was a
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Labor
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
Senator
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from 1990 to 1995.
Career
Loosley served as National President of the ALP between 1991 and 1992, when he was pressured to resign amid controversy.
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Loosley is an expert on American politics and is a regular commentator on US elections in Australian media outlets.
In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales
The Royal Society of New South Wales is a learned society based in Sydney, Australia. The Governor of New South Wales is the vice-regal patron of the Society.
The Society was established as the Philosophical Society of Australasia on 27 June ...
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References
1952 births
Living people
Members of the Australian Senate
Members of the Australian Senate for New South Wales
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Order of Australia
People educated at Sydney Technical High School
20th-century Australian politicians
Australian Labor Party officials
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