- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4166
Newman, Jocelyn Margaret
- Honourable, AO
- Birth name Mullett, Jocelyn Margaret
- Born 8 July 1937, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died 1 April 2018, Berry, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Barrister, Farmer, Hotelier, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor, Volunteer
Summary
A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Jocelyn Newman served as a Senator for Tasmania in the Senate of the Australian Parliament from 1986 until 2002, when she resigned. She held the Ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government of Social Security from 1996-98; Family and Community Services from 1998-2001. She held the portfolio of Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women for two separate periods, from 1996-97 and from 1998-2001.
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- Archives Office of Tasmania
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Newman, Jocelyn Margaret (1937-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-510650
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Site Exhibition
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE4166b.htm