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The Hon Jason Clare MP
The Hon Jason Clare MP
The Hon Jason Clare MP was appointed as the Minister for Home Affairs and the Minister for Justice on 12 December 2011 and sworn in on 14 December 2011.
He was born and raised in Western Sydney where he attended Cabramatta Public School and Canley Vale High School before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.
Before entering Parliament he worked as a senior adviser to NSW Premier Bob Carr and as an executive at Transurban, one of Australia's top 100 companies.
In November 2007, Jason was elected as the Federal Member for Blaxland. In June 2009, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Employment. Jason was Minister for Defence Materiel from September 2010 to December 2011.
Jason is the Patron of CLAN (Care Leavers Australia Network), the Bankstown Sports Club, and the Bankstown RSL. He also sits on the Executive Committee of St Judes Men's Refuge.
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