Joe Tripodi
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Joseph Guerino Tripodi (b. 25 November 1967) is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Tripodi received a B.Ec (Hons) from the University of Sydney. He was an economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1989 to 1991 and an official with the Labor Council of New South Wales from 1993 to 1995.[1] Considered a power-broker of the NSW Right of the Australian Labor Party, Tripodi made his name in the ALP by organising the right faction's takeover of Young Labor from the Socialist Left faction.
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[edit] Parliamentarian
In 1995, Tripodi was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Sydney electorate of Fairfield for the ALP. In October 2000, the MP was accused of having sexually assaulting an Australian Democrats staffer at a New South Wales Parliament House function the month before.[2]
The Opposition accused the then speaker, Labor's John Murray, of initimidating the complainant after it emerged that she was not pressing charges. It later emerged that one of the police officers who investigated the original complaint was a member of Tripodi's branch of the ALP. However, a subsequent investigation found no evidence to support the Opposition claim, nor any evidence of inappropriate action by the police officer.
In 2001, the manager of a committee chaired by Tripodi took out an apprehended violence order (AVO) against the MP after he publicly opposed a development application by her husband for a tavern opposite a primary school in Tripodi's electorate. [3] The AVO was withdrawn shortly afterward, and it was subsequently revealed that a number of similar AVO applications had been lodged against others who opposed her husband's business interests. [4]
Both incidents are periodically raised in parliament by the Opposition.
[edit] Minister
Prior to entering the ministry Tripodi was the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly Public Accounts Committee. He was the Minister for Housing from February to August 2005, when he became Minister for Roads. In September 2005 he was chased and grabbed on the floor of the Assembly by National Party member, Andrew Fraser, apparently in relation to a road funding issue.[5] In February 2006, he became Minister for Energy, Minister for Ports and Waterways and Minister Assisting the Treasurer on Business and Economic Regulatory Reform.[1]
Tripodi was implicated in the Orange Grove affair, but subsequently cleared by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2005.[6]
[edit] 2007 Election
Coalition campaign advertising ahead of the 2007 election identified Tripodi—along with Treasurer Michael Costa and Planning Minister Frank Sartor—as one of the government's least popular. Independent MPs indicated that, in the event of a hung parliament, they would not support a minority Labor government in which Tripodi remained a minister.[7] The Sydney Morning Herald reported that former premier Bob Carr had been critical of Tripodi's performance as waterways minister. [8]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b The Hon. Joseph Guerino Tripodi, BEc(Hons) MP. Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ Funnell, Camille. "MP at centre of sex scandal denies wrongdoing", ABC Radio, October 31, 2000. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ "Hansard", Parliament of New South Wales, February 28, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
- ^ McClymont, Kate. "The Packer witness who never made the news", Sydney Morning Herald, March 3, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
- ^ "Road games: why Andrew Fraser went full throttle", The Sydney Morning Herald, October 22, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ Report on investigation into planning decisions relating to the Orange Grove Centre (pdf). Independent Commission Against Corruption (August 2005). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ Mitchell, Alex. "Hung parliament will see Tripodi lynched", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-02-25. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ Jopson, Debra. "Carr: don't ease rules on new marinas", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
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| NAME | Tripodi, Joseph Guerino |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | New South Wales politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 31 January 1958 |
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