Senator glenn sterle biography of william

My name is Glenn Sterle and I was elected in 2004 to represent Western Australia in the Federal Parliament. He spent fourteen years working as an owner-operator before giving up his business to take on a position as an organiser with the Transport Workers Union in 1991.

As well as working as an organiser, Sterle served on his local branch committee, and was ultimately elected to the union"s federal council in 1998, remaining in all three positions until his election to the Senate in 2004.

His time with the union included a brief stint as acting state secretary in 1998 and an integral role in a major airline strike in the state in 2000.

Throughout his time in parliament, Glenn has continued to advocate for the rights of working people. Some committee inquiries and reports that I have presided over in the past include the Food Standards Amendment (Fish Labelling Bill) 2015, the Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014 and the inquiry into the ownership arrangements of grain handling in 2013.

I have always been passionate about jobs.

He left school at 17 to work as a furniture removalist. As a Senator, I represent the interests of all West Australians. Ensuring safety in the workplace, fair working conditions and secure wages for workers have been things that I have fought hard for throughout my entire career. I often travel around Western Australia, especially to the Kimberley region to speak with residents, community groups, local Councils, businesses and industry groups.

A lot of my time is spent in the Federal Parliament in Canberra, mostly in the Senate Chamber.

When he was 20 Glenn founded his own business operating road trains throughout Australia.

Glenn then worked as an organiser for the Western Australian Branch of the Transport Workers Union. As patron of a local high school in Perth’s eastern suburbs, I developed a leadership trekking program that took a number of students out of the their comfort zone to the rugged wilderness of the Kimberley region in Western Australia where they were challenged with completing a gruelling orienteering course as a team.

Over three years, a number of students tackled this trek and came back more confident, more comfortable working with their peers and with an experience many others will never enjoy.

After a number of these successful treks, I decided to organise a different kind of trek that would challenge students in a different way. Three years later, he founded his own business operating road trains throughout northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

From then, the Senator Sterle Western Front Remembrance Tour was born and since 2013, over $100,000 has been raised to take more than 60 students to the Western Front on three separate tours. Some of my other duties include participating in the investigative work of Parliamentary committees and examining proposed new laws and regulations.

A key role that I play within the Parliamentary Committee system is serving as Chair of the Senate Rural Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee.

A number of years ago, I had the privilege to visit a number of battle sites and memorials dedicated to the First and Second World Wars on the Western Front. Cook was determined to remain in parliament, but withdrew from the ballot of their shared Centre Faction when it became clear that Sterle had achieved enough support to win.

Glenn was born in Melbourne and raised in Perth.