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Raff Ciccone
Raffaele "Raff" Ciccone (born 1 November 1983) is an Australian politician who has served as Senator for Victoria since 2019. He is a member of the Labor Party and was appointed to the Senate following the resignation of Jacinta Collins, making him the 100th Senator to represent Victoria.
Ciccone grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Huntingdale with his parents and brother. His parents immigrated to Australia from Italy in the late 1960s.
He received his education at local Catholic primary schools, first attending Christ Our Holy Redeemer Primary School in Oakleigh East, before going on to Salesian College in Chadstone. As a teenager, he worked at the local dry cleaners. Ciccone went on to pursue bachelor's degrees, in arts and commerce at Deakin University and the University of Melbourne. He joined the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) at the age of 16 when in high school.
After graduating from university, Ciccone initially worked in financial planning before moving into industrial relations and employment law, later becoming a senior official in the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). The role allowed him to advocate for better pay and conditions for workers in the retail sector, including fast food and warehousing workers. Notably, this included recovering wages for convenience store workers who had been underpaid by 7-Eleven.
Ciccone was elected to the community health board of Link Health and Community (formerly MonashLink) in 2009 and served until 2019, including a term as Chair from December 2017.
Ciccone joined the Australian Labor Party in 2000 and, while studying, worked as a research officer to Senator the Hon. Jacinta Collins. As a party member, he eventually became the vice-president of the Australian Labor Party in Victoria. He was unsuccessful in his attempts at the Monash City Council local government elections of 2008 and 2016, and on Labor's Senate ticket in Victoria at the 2013 federal election. When Senator Collins resigned from the Senate ahead of the 2019 federal election, Ciccone was nominated to fill the casual vacancy.
Ciccone was appointed to the Senate by a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament on 6 March 2019, taking Collins' place, and becoming the 100th Senator to represent the people of Victoria. In the 46th Parliament of Australia, he served as Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate and on the Parliament's Joint Standing Committees on Migration and on Treaties. He also served as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Temporary Migration.
On 7 August 2020, Ciccone was appointed to the ALP's national executive.
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Raff Ciccone
Raffaele "Raff" Ciccone (born 1 November 1983) is an Australian politician who has served as Senator for Victoria since 2019. He is a member of the Labor Party and was appointed to the Senate following the resignation of Jacinta Collins, making him the 100th Senator to represent Victoria.
Ciccone grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Huntingdale with his parents and brother. His parents immigrated to Australia from Italy in the late 1960s.
He received his education at local Catholic primary schools, first attending Christ Our Holy Redeemer Primary School in Oakleigh East, before going on to Salesian College in Chadstone. As a teenager, he worked at the local dry cleaners. Ciccone went on to pursue bachelor's degrees, in arts and commerce at Deakin University and the University of Melbourne. He joined the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) at the age of 16 when in high school.
After graduating from university, Ciccone initially worked in financial planning before moving into industrial relations and employment law, later becoming a senior official in the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). The role allowed him to advocate for better pay and conditions for workers in the retail sector, including fast food and warehousing workers. Notably, this included recovering wages for convenience store workers who had been underpaid by 7-Eleven.
Ciccone was elected to the community health board of Link Health and Community (formerly MonashLink) in 2009 and served until 2019, including a term as Chair from December 2017.
Ciccone joined the Australian Labor Party in 2000 and, while studying, worked as a research officer to Senator the Hon. Jacinta Collins. As a party member, he eventually became the vice-president of the Australian Labor Party in Victoria. He was unsuccessful in his attempts at the Monash City Council local government elections of 2008 and 2016, and on Labor's Senate ticket in Victoria at the 2013 federal election. When Senator Collins resigned from the Senate ahead of the 2019 federal election, Ciccone was nominated to fill the casual vacancy.
Ciccone was appointed to the Senate by a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament on 6 March 2019, taking Collins' place, and becoming the 100th Senator to represent the people of Victoria. In the 46th Parliament of Australia, he served as Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate and on the Parliament's Joint Standing Committees on Migration and on Treaties. He also served as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Temporary Migration.
On 7 August 2020, Ciccone was appointed to the ALP's national executive.