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Kenneth "Ken" Dunstan Elder Travers born 1 February 1961 in Sussex, England is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan Region. Travers was elected at the 1996 state election and is a member of the Australian Labor Party.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook )〕 Ken has held a broad range of responsibilities across social, economic and legal policy areas. He has had a number of challenging jobs, including Chairing the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission during a time when the Commissioner and Parliamentary Inspector did not always see eye to eye, and was Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism during the SARS epidemic, the Bali bombings, the collapse of Ansett and September 11 attacks. Ken is a former Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Infrastructure and in the Alan Carpenter Government co-Chaired a committee addressing transport and infrastructure issues arising from the rapid growth and low levels of local employment in Perth's north-west corridor. Ken has a keen interest in cycling and rode from Albany to Perth in four and a half days as part of the Hawaiian Ride For Youth in 2006. Following the change of government in 2008 Ken was elected to the Shadow Cabinet. Ken was re-elected at the 2013 general election, and now has responsibility for Transport; Agriculture and Food; Infrastructure; Wheatbelt; Mid West in the McGowan Labor Opposition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=McGowan unveils WA Labor's Shadow Cabinet )〕 ==References== 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「Ken Travers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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