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Yvette Simone Berry (born 1 August 1968) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2012 ACT election, as a Labor Party member for Ginninderra. Yvette Berry is the daughter of Wayne Berry, who was a member of the assembly for Ginninderra from 1989 to 2008 and Speaker from 2001 to 2008.〔Speakers of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/speakers〕 Yvette is the first family member of a current or previous member to be elected to the ACT assembly. Prior to her election to the Assembly Berry worked as a community organiser for the United Voice (formerly called the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU)) trade union for more than 15 years representing workers and their families to win fairer wages and better conditions. She was active in the Clean Start campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and coordinated the Big Steps campaign to win professional wages for Early Childhood Educators in the early childhood education sector.〔Berry, Yvette (7 November 2012) www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2013/week01/24.htm|date=27〕 Before she started working at the LHMU Berry commenced her working life in the hospitality industry where she worked for 8 years.〔http://www.yvetteberry.com.au/about〕 Berry is a full-time working mum with two young children who lives with her family in the West Belconnen suburb of Dunlop.〔 Berry Chaired the Legislative Assembly’s ‘Select Committee on Regional Development’ which undertook an inquiry into regional development from February 2013 to February 2014.〔http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/select_committees/Regional-Development〕 The select committee's terms of reference sought to inquire and report into the ACT’s relationship with the surrounding region, including, but not limited to: (a) the identification of opportunities and supporting governance structures to coordinate economic development, including tourism and transport across the region; (b) the coordination of service planning and service delivery, particularly in the areas of health and education; (c) the opportunities for collaborative procurement by ACT Government with surrounding local governments; (d) further cooperation at the local government level on environmental and conservation matters and building community resilience to deal with natural disasters, extreme weather events and climate change; and (e) any other relevant matter〔http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/in-committees/select_committees/Regional-Development/regional-development/terms-of-reference?inquiry=441181〕 In 2014 Berry was a member of the following Standing Committees: Public Accounts (PAC), Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services (HACS), Education, Training and Youth Affairs (ETYA) and Chair of the Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services (PETAMS) Standing Committee.〔ACT Legislative Assembly (n.d) (Standing Committees - current Assembly )〕 Berry voted for the Legislative Assembly's 'Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013'〔Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013〕 and in 2014 to mark the anniversary of the passing of this Act moved a motion that formally called upon the Federal Government to achieve marriage equality. The motion proposed by Berry stated: That this Assembly: (1) 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「Yvette Berry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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