- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0181
Hall, Jill Griffiths
(1949 – )- Born 16 November 1949, Macksville, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Local government councillor, Parliamentarian
Summary
Jill Griffiths Hall has enjoyed a distinguished career in local, state and federal politics in New South Wales, representing the Australian Labor Party. She has held the federal seat of Shortland since 1998.
Details
Jill Hall completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Newcastle as a mature age student, and was later a casual lecturer in rehabilitation counselling there. She worked as a rehabilitation counsellor with the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service, and as an employment officer and employment counsellor at the Commonwealth Employment service in Newcastle.
She was a Councillor for Lake Macquarie City Council (1991-1995), during which time she served as Deputy Mayor (1993-1994). From 1995 to 1998 she was a Member of the NSW Parliament representing the seat of Swansea. She became the Federal Member for Shortland In 1998, and was re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013.
Hall was Deputy Chair of the Social Policy and Community Development Caucus Committee. She served on the House of Representatives Family and Community Affairs Committee, and was a member of the Joint Select Committee for the Republic Referendum in 1999. She currently holds the position of Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives.
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- Ms Jill Hall MP, Member for Shortland (NSW), Australian Parliament House, http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=83N
- Jill Hall, Member and Candidate for Shortland, Australian Labor Party, http://www.alp.org.au/people/nsw/hall_jill.php
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Resource
- Trove: Hall, Jill (1949-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-727068
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html