In this episode, we talk to Senator Claire Moore, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific, about engaging the Australian voters in the political discourse.
Topics covered include:
- The United Nations’ 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development (also known as the Sustainable Development Goals or the SDGs)
- Young people’s engagement in politics
- People’s trust and engagement in politics
- Social media and the internet’s role in politics
- How the media creates a negative image of politicians and politics
- The importance of committees in Parliament
- Australia’s commitment to ending modern slavery
- The importance of taking positive action in your own life
- The generosity of first or second-generation Australians
- Moving stories from her time on committees
About Senator Moore:
Claire commenced her role as a Senator for Queensland on July 1, 2002.
On 23 July 2016 Claire was appointed Shadow Minister for International Development & the Pacific.
Claire was born in Toowoomba and studied at both the University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland. She commenced work with the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Department of Social Security.
Claire is an active member of a number of Parliamentary Committees and Parliamentary Friendship Groups. She is a member of the National Archives Advisory Council and the National Library of Australia Council.
Claire is a proud unionist and feminist and she is passionate about women’s lives, women’s well-being, women's history, particularly within the trade union movement and the ALP, social justice, cricket, Australian and Irish folk music, detective fiction, Paul Keating and art galleries.
Claire is inspired by the work done by community groups in their local communities and she is a member of many community groups and organisations.
