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Sam Rae
Samuel Thomas Rae (born 29 September 1986) is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Hawke. He was first elected at the 2022 Australian federal election. Prior to his election he was a state secretary for the Labor Party and a partner at PwC.
He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Melbourne Business School and a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University.
Rae was born on 29 September 1986 in Canberra, the son of a public-school teacher. He attended Fadden Primary School, Alfred Deakin High School and Narrabundah College. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University (ANU), a graduate diploma in management and a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School.
When Rae first left school he worked as a factory labourer. Rae then worked several jobs including as call centre phone operator and childcare worker. After leaving ANU, he worked as a policy advisor for the National Association of Forest Industries and as an advisor to senator Stephen Conroy.
Rae was Victorian Labor's Director of Research and Tactics for the 2016 federal election campaign, and he was later appointed State Secretary and Campaign Director of Victorian Labor in 2016. Rae is credited for his leadership of Victorian Labor's landslide 2018 state election campaign, which saw Labor win an additional 11 seats off the Liberal Party and the Greens.
Rae left Victorian Labor to join PwC as a partner in their strategy and management consulting division, where he worked until his election to parliament.
Rae was preselected for the newly established seat of Hawke in June 2021 by the Australian Labor Party. Rae was elected as the first member for Hawke at the 2022 federal election. He is said to be a key ally of Richard Marles, and a key member of the Victorian Labor Right faction.
During the 2022 election campaign, as the Labor candidate for Hawke, Rae announced that an elected Labor government would commit $10 million towards planning for the Western Freeway upgrade between Melton and Caroline Springs. He currently serves on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters and the Joint Statutory Committee on Public Accounts and Audit.
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Sam Rae
Samuel Thomas Rae (born 29 September 1986) is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Hawke. He was first elected at the 2022 Australian federal election. Prior to his election he was a state secretary for the Labor Party and a partner at PwC.
He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Melbourne Business School and a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University.
Rae was born on 29 September 1986 in Canberra, the son of a public-school teacher. He attended Fadden Primary School, Alfred Deakin High School and Narrabundah College. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University (ANU), a graduate diploma in management and a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School.
When Rae first left school he worked as a factory labourer. Rae then worked several jobs including as call centre phone operator and childcare worker. After leaving ANU, he worked as a policy advisor for the National Association of Forest Industries and as an advisor to senator Stephen Conroy.
Rae was Victorian Labor's Director of Research and Tactics for the 2016 federal election campaign, and he was later appointed State Secretary and Campaign Director of Victorian Labor in 2016. Rae is credited for his leadership of Victorian Labor's landslide 2018 state election campaign, which saw Labor win an additional 11 seats off the Liberal Party and the Greens.
Rae left Victorian Labor to join PwC as a partner in their strategy and management consulting division, where he worked until his election to parliament.
Rae was preselected for the newly established seat of Hawke in June 2021 by the Australian Labor Party. Rae was elected as the first member for Hawke at the 2022 federal election. He is said to be a key ally of Richard Marles, and a key member of the Victorian Labor Right faction.
During the 2022 election campaign, as the Labor candidate for Hawke, Rae announced that an elected Labor government would commit $10 million towards planning for the Western Freeway upgrade between Melton and Caroline Springs. He currently serves on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters and the Joint Statutory Committee on Public Accounts and Audit.