Noah Carroll Explained

Noah Carroll
Office:National Secretary of the Labor Party
Term Start:26 September 2016
Term End:26 July 2019
Predecessor:George Wright
Successor:Paul Erickson
Party:Labor
Spouse:Sarah Carroll
Children:Isabella Carroll, Harrison Carroll

Noah Carroll was the 11th National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party. He is a member of the party's right faction.[1]

Political career

Carroll joined Labor at the age of 21 while living in Mount Macedon in rural Victoria.[2]

He then served as Councillor for the Shire of Macedon Ranges.[3] He has also previously been employed as a Ministerial Advisor to the Victorian Treasurer, Adviser to the Minister for Finance and Consumer Affairs and as an Adviser to the Minister for Gaming and Consumer Affairs.

Carroll subsequently worked as the Assistant State Secretary of Victorian Labor from 2009 to 2011 and then as State Secretary from 2011 to 2016.[4] As State Secretary, he oversaw the 2014 state campaign that elected the Andrews Government in Victoria after just one term in opposition. He is known for his bluntness, strategic mind and is considered a very close confidant of Labor Leader Bill Shorten and previously worked for Senators Stephen Conroy and Robert Ray.

He completed Harvard Business School's general management programme in 2015. [5]

He is also a graduate of the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from Monash University with a Master of Management (International Business). [6]

In 2013, he was awarded the ten-year service medal for service to the Country Fire Authority.

Caroll resigned from the position of National Secretary in July 2019 following Labor's defeat at the 2019 Australian federal election.[7] He now works at KPMG in the management consultant division.[8]

Personal life

Caroll has a wife, Sarah, and has two children, daughter, Isabella and son, Harrison.

Notes and References

  1. News: Aston. Heath. ALP appoints Victorian party boss Noah Carroll to steer next federal election campaign. 1 November 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Noah Caroll. Australian Labor Party. 1 November 2016.
  3. News: Michael Bachelard. Bachelard. Michael. Former bankrupt set for ALP post. 1 November 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 September 2009.
  4. News: Bramston. Troy. Labor's new driver Noah Carroll may be antidote to complacency. 1 November 2016. The Australian. 4 October 2016.
  5. News: Grattan. Michelle. Victorian Labor man favourite to replace George Wright as ALP national secretary. 20 March 2017. The Conversation. 30 August 2016.
  6. Web site: LinkedIn . Carroll . Noah . LinkedIn . 20 March 2017 . LinkedIn . 20 March 2017.
  7. Web site: Labor national boss calls it quits early. Osborne. Paul. 2019-07-19. The Standard. en. 2020-02-09.
  8. Web site: Former Labor party boss Noah Carroll lands KPMG gig. Loussikian. Kylar. 2019-09-30. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2020-02-09.