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Matthew John Gardiner (born 16 May 1971) is an Australian former trade unionist. He was the Secretary of the Northern Territory Branch〔http://www.lhmu.org.au/branches/nt 〕 of United Voice〔http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/12/05/106691_ntnews.html 〕 and was also President of the Northern Territory Branch of the Australian Labor Party. In 2015 he went to Syria to fight Islamic State. He was detained upon his return to Australia but released without charge. ==Career== He served in the Australian Army for around a decade and was deployed to Somalia in 1993〔Bagshaw, Eryk (Former Labor party president Matthew Gardiner arrested at Darwin airport 6 April 2015 ''Sydney Morning Herald'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 as a combat engineer.〔Robertson, Joshua (Former Labor official suspected of fighting against Isis released without charge 5 April 2015 ''Guardian Australia'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 In United Voice he oversaw the growth of the branch to become the largest union in the Northern Territory. The union in the Northern Territory represents workers with occupations in many varied industries in the Northern Territory including miners,〔http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/01/27/29511_ntnews.html 〕 firefighters, prison officers,〔Masters, Emma (Future uncertain for Darwin's $300m jail 11 August 2009''ABC News'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 childcare workers, healthcare workers, cleaners, security guards and workers at indigenous organisations. The union grew between 5-10% per annum under his term of office and he had been re-elected unopposed to continue his tenure till 2018. Gardiner was President of the NT Branch of the Australian Labor Party. In 2007 he stood for pre-selection for the Federal seat of Solomon only to narrowly lose to Damian Hale, who won the seat in the 2007 election.〔Bowe, William ( Seat du jour: Solomon 28 August 2007 ''Crikey'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 He was the second endorsed ALP candidate for the senate in the 2010 Federal election, although he didn't win a seat.〔http://alp.org.au/federal-government/labor-people/matthew-gardiner/ 〕〔http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/07/30/168641_election2010.html 〕 In his roles Gardiner had been a vocal advocate for Territory issues included the proposed nuclear waste dump,〔(Unions demand repeal of nuclear dump laws 10 June 2009 ''ABC News'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 indigenous jobs,〔(Push for award to cover Indigenous firms 8 July 2015 ''ABC News'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 the NT Intervention and remote health.〔(Clinical approach could woo back Indigenous medical workers 26 May 2008 ''ABC News'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 He was a Governing Council member of Charles Darwin University from 2009 to 2015.〔http://www.cdu.edu.au/governance/profiles/MrMatthewGardiner.htm〕 He was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2010 edition. In November 2013, he was linked to a plan by the Northern Territory Labor Government and Unions NT to take a lease on the Stella Maris property at Darwin's Waterfront for ten years for no rent.〔(A nice little earner 28 November 2013 ''Northern Territory News'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 A Parliamentary Inquiry was established on 5 December 2013 into the deal.〔(Chief Minister establishes formal inquiry into Stella Maris 6 December 2013 ''Northern Territory News'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 The final report 〔NT Government website (26 May 2014 Stella Maris Report 2014 ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 of the inquiry found there was no case to answer as nothing illegal had taken place. In January 2015 it was reported that Gardiner had traveled to Syria to fight against Islamic State〔Mitchell, Georgina (Senior Labor figure Matthew Gardiner leaves Australia to fight against Islamic State 25 January 2015 ''Sydney Morning Herald'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 with Kurdish forces of People's Protection Units.〔(Matthew Gardiner: How Kurds recruit, why they want the Australian and what his legal position is 28 January 2015 ''ABC News'' ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 He was stood down as the head of the Labor Party's NT branch and his membership was suspended.〔Olding, Rachel (Ex-Labor head Matthew Gardiner 'defriended' Facebook friends before 'joining Kurdish fighters in Syria' 26 January 2015 ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' Retrieved 20 April 2015〕 On 5 April 2015 Gardiner returned to Darwin, and was detained and questioned by the Australian Federal Police, but was released without charge.〔Robertson, Joshua (Former Labor official suspected of fighting against Isis released without charge ''Guardian Australia'' 5 April 2015 Former Labor official suspected of fighting against Isis released without charge ) Retrieved 8 April 2015〕 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「Matthew Gardiner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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