Lily D'Ambrosio | |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office1: | Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change |
Leader1: | Daniel Andrews |
Term Start1: | 4 December 2014 |
Term End1: | 5 December 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Russell Northe |
Successor1: | Herself (as Minister for Energy and Resources and Minister for Climate Action) Ingrid Stitt (as Minister for the Environment) |
Office2: | Minister for Solar Homes |
Leader2: | Daniel Andrews |
Term Start2: | 29 November 2018 |
Term End2: | 5 December 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Office established |
Successor2: | Office abolished |
Office3: | Minister for Suburban Development |
Leader3: | Daniel Andrews |
Term Start3: | 23 May 2016 |
Term End3: | 29 November 2018 |
Predecessor3: | Office established |
Successor3: | Marlene Kairouz |
Office4: | Minister for Industry |
Leader4: | Daniel Andrews |
Term Start4: | 4 December 2014 |
Term End4: | 23 May 2016 |
Predecessor4: | Office established |
Successor4: | Wade Noonan |
Office5: | Minister for Community Development |
Leader5: | John Brumby |
Term Start5: | 19 January 2010 |
Term End5: | 2 December 2010 |
Predecessor5: | Peter Batchelor |
Successor5: | Mary Wooldridge |
Constituency Am6: | Mill Park |
Assembly6: | Victorian Legislative |
Term Start6: | 30 November 2002 |
Predecessor6: | Alex Andrianopoulos |
Birth Date: | 1964 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
Party: | Labor Party |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne |
Liliana D'Ambrosio (pronounced as /it/; born 30 July 1964) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of Mill Park.[1] She is presently Minister for Climate Action, Minister for Energy & Resources and Minister for the State Electricity Commission under the Allan Government.
She was educated at Mercy College, Coburg and St Aloysius' College, North Melbourne. She received an Arts degree from the University of Melbourne in 1986 and later a Diploma in Public Policy.[1]
D'Ambrosio joined the Labor Party at university, and subsequently became an organiser with the Australian Services Union in 1986. She was promoted to state organiser in 1994, and served in the position until 1999, when she became an electorate officer to Alex Andrianopoulos, the then-Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He retired in 2002, and she replaced him as the party's candidate in his safe seat of Mill Park.
In 2010, D'Ambrosio joined John Brumby's cabinet when she was appointed Minister for Community Development after a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Lynne Kosky.[2]
D'Ambrosio is a member of the Socialist Left.[3] [4] [5]
D'Ambrosio is a member of Labor women's network Emily's List and the Union of Australian Women.[1] She is married, with two daughters, Eleanor and Maddy.
D'Ambrosio lives in Brunswick, located approximately 17km from her electorate of Mill Park.[6]