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Ian Keith Hunter (born 23 September 1960) is an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2006 state election. In October 2011 Hunter was elevated to Cabinet. Hunter is the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray and Minister for Climate Change in the Weatherill Labor cabinet. Prior to entering parliament he worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Clinical Immunology at Flinders Medical Centre, later serving as an advisor to the Federal government and as Labor South Australian State Secretary. Hunter is the only openly gay member of the South Australian Parliament, as well as Cabinet, as well as the first to marry while in parliament and the second same-sex married politician in Australia, and is noted for his public advocacy for LGBT issues, which at times has conflicted with aspects of Labor policy. Hunter and his partner of 20 years, Leith Semmens chose to travel to Spain to marry as Australian law does not recognise same-sex marriage. ==Early life and career== Hunter grew up in the suburb of Holden Hill in Adelaide's North-East. He was educated at Gilles Plains High School and graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Science (Honours), majoring in Microbiology and Genetics. Throughout university he worked as a Youth Worker at the Child Youth Support Service in Norwood. Hunter was active in community politics at university, becoming president of the Flinders University Gay Society and later going on to help found the South Australian AIDS Action Committee. He was involved in a variety of campaigns in the LGBT community, including a successful move to have sexuality included as a grounds for discrimination in 1986. Following his graduation Hunter worked as a research assistant in the Department of Clinical Immunology at the Flinders Medical Centre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Hunter (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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