Anna Watson BIO

  • Labor Member for Shellharbour

Anna is proud to have been raised in a traditional working class family of four with, her twin brother Sean.

As a mother of two kids, Anna knows the importance of hard work and job security. While raising a family Anna worked many jobs doing what she needed to make ends meet.
 
Anna was a union organiser for 12 years in the airline sector, transport, health, cash carrying industry and local government to achieve decent wages and conditions for workers. As a union organiser during the Ansett Airlines dispute, Anna worked hard to secure entitlements owed to Ansett workers.

Anna knows first hand how important the viability of industry is in the Illawarra region and she  has fought hard to improve service delivery in both Public and Private industries such as health care, education and vocation and community transport.

It was during the Your Rights At Work campaign that Anna realised the impact that Government decision can have on protecting workers entitlements, jobs and social fabric for the community. This motivates Anna to work hard for both the people of her electorate and the people of NSW.

Anna’s hobbies include enjoying the local foreshore and beaches and cooking and she looks forward to working with John Robertson and her Labor colleagues, for the people of Shellharbour.

Contact Anna

Electorate office
Shop 3
10 College Avenue Shellharbour City Centre
Shellharbour
NSW
2529
(02) 4297 3111
(02) 4297 3144
Email Anna

Electorate Profile

SHELLHARBOUR

State:

NSW

Area and Location Description:

196 square kilometres.
From Sheaffes Road in the north to Marshall Mount Creek in the south; and from Avon River in the west to the New South Wales coast in the east (inclusive of all islands lying off the coast of the district).

Demographic Rating:

Provincial

Members:

2011 - Present Anna WATSON Australian Labor Party

2007 – 2011 Lylea MCMAHON Australian Labor Party



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