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Sharman Stone
Australian politician
Sharman Nancy StoneAM (née Bawden; born 23 April ) is a former Australian politician who represented Murray in the Australian House of Representatives between March and July as a member of the Liberal Party. She subsequently served as the Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls from when Natasha Stott Despoja stepped down from the role in late [1] until
Background
Stone was born in Pyramid Hill, Victoria, the daughter of Harvey Bawden and Nancy Chalmers.
She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), from La Trobe University with a Master of Arts, from Hawthorn College of Advanced Education with a Graduate Diploma of Education, and was awarded a PhD by Monash[2] . She was Manager of International Development at the University of Melbourne, Director of Communications at the Victorian Farmers Federation, and a farmer before entering politics.[3]
Political career
Elected to federal parliament at the federal election, Stone was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage in October Following the re-election of the Howard government in October , she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration.
On 27 January she was appointed Minister for Workforce Participation, succeeding Peter Dutton.
Sharman stone biography template Sharman Nancy Stone AM (née Bawden; born 23 April ) is a former Australian politician who represented Murray in the Australian House of Representatives between March and July as a member of the Liberal Party.After the defeat of the Howard government in November , Stone took up the role of Shadow Minister for Environment, Heritage, the Arts and Indigenous Affairs. Following Malcolm Turnbull's defeat of Brendan Nelson for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and the retirement of Senator Chris Ellison, Stone became Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the subsequent reshuffle.
Stone announced her retirement from politics on 26 March ,[4] which took effect from the double dissolution of the Australian Parliament on 9 May, in advance of the federal election on 2 July.[5]
Author
Stone is an author of numerous publications on race relations, environment and geology (with Doug Stone) among others, including Aborigines in White Australia (London and Melbourne, ).
Stone was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to the community through executive positions".[6]