Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire in England, Stephen Conroy moved to Australia with
... Stephen lives with his wife and daughter in the Melbourne suburb of ...
Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Senator for Victoria Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire in England, Stephen Conroy moved to Australia with his family at the age of ten. Stephen finished his schooling in Canberra, where he also attended university, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics from the Australian National University. After university, Stephen worked for the Metal Trades Industry Association, and was an electorate officer for the Federal Member for Canberra, consultant to the Minister for Science and Minister assisting the Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce and electorate officer for the Minister for Home Affairs. After moving to Melbourne in 1988, he worked as an assistant adviser to the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1988 to 1990 and a ministerial adviser to Victoria’s Minister for Industry from 1990 to 1992. He was an industrial officer and superannuation officer for the Transport Workers Union Victorian Branch from 1992 to 1996. Stephen was appointed as a Senator for Victoria for the Australian Labor Party in 1996, filling the vacancy left by the then Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans, who had resigned from the Senate in order to run for the lower house seat of Holt. Stephen joined the Shadow Ministry in 1998 as Deputy Opposition Leader in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Trade, Corporate Governance and Financial Services. In 2004 he became Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology. Following the 2007 federal election, Stephen was appointed Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Within this portfolio, he is responsible for the National Broadband Network, and the switch to digital television. Stephen was elected as Leader of the Government in the Senate in February 2013, following the announced retirement of Senator the Hon. Chris Evans. Stephen resigned his position in June 2013. Following the 2013 federal election, Stephen was elected Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in the Senate by the Federal Labor Caucus. Stephen lives with his wife and daughter in the Melbourne suburb of Williamstown.
