From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Sandra Nori

Australian politician

Summary

Australian politician

Field	Value
name	Sandra Nori
office	Minister for Women
premier	Bob Carr
Morris Iemma
term_start	11 July 2002
term_end	2 April 2007
predecessor	Faye Lo Po'
successor	Verity Firth
office1	Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation
term_start1	2 April 2003
term_end1	2 April 2007
predecessor1	herself (as Minister for Tourism)
Graham West (as Minister for Sport and Recreation)
successor1	Matt Brown (as Minister for Tourism)
Morris Iemma (as Minister for Sport and Recreation)
office6	Minister for Tourism
premier6	Bob Carr
Morris Iemma
term_start6	8 April 1999
term_end6	2 April 2003
predecessor6	Bob Debus
successor6	herself (as Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation)
office7	Minister for Small Business
premier7	Bob Carr
term_start7	8 April 1999
term_end7	2 April 2003
successor7	David Campbell
constituency_MP8	Port Jackson
parliament8	New South Wales
term_start8	25 May 1991
term_end8	2 March 2007
predecessor8	New district
successor8	District abolished
constituency_MP9	McKell
parliament9	New South Wales
term_start9	19 March 1988
term_end9	3 May 1991
predecessor9	New district
successor9	District abolished
birth_date
birth_place	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
birthname	Sandra Christine Nori
party	Labor
alma_mater	University of Sydney
occupation	Politician
profession	Health care worker, research officer

|honorific-suffix = Morris Iemma Graham West (as Minister for Sport and Recreation) Morris Iemma (as Minister for Sport and Recreation) Morris Iemma Sandra Christine Nori (born 16 June 1953) is a former Australian politician and presently a company director and Member of Macquarie University Council.

Nori was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electoral districts of McKell (1988–1991) and Port Jackson (1991–2007) for the Labor Party. She served in a range of ministerial portfolios between 1999 and 2007. Since leaving politics, Nori has been appointed to a number of roles as a non-executive director.

Early years and background

Nori was born in Newcastle to Italian parents. She was educated at Petersham Girls High School and University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics. Nori was formerly married to Senator John Faulkner and together they have two children.

Parliamentary career

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Nori represented two electorates successively: the newly created electorate of McKell between 1988 and 1991 (which was abolished at the 1991 state election; and the newly created electorate of Port Jackson between 1991 and 2007 (which was again abolished at the 2007 state election).

In the battle for re-election as the Member for McKell at the 1988 state election, Nori defeated independent candidate, Frank Sartor. Sartor went on to join the Labor Party, represent the electorate of Rockdale, and become a senior Labor minister.

She was Minister for Small Business from April 1999 to April 2003, and was Minister for Tourism (later Tourism and Sport and Recreation) from April 1999 and Minister for Women from 2002 until her retirement from parliament in March 2007.

Personal life

In the 1990s Nori was in a personal relationship with Paul Gibson, who was at that time Labor member for Londonderry. In 2007 it was alleged that Gibson had assaulted her. A subsequent police investigation found insufficient evidence to lay charges.

Career after leaving New South Wales parliament

In 2008, Nori was appointed to the Council of Macquarie University and also serves on the boards of the NSW TAFE Commission, Domain Resorts and Residences, and Komosion, a digital marketing and website publishing software company.

Nori is also a Member of the Board of Advisors of the Global Panel Foundation, a non-government organisation that works behind the scenes in crisis areas around the world.

Sandra was appointed in 2011 to the National Board of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia and was until retiring in 2021, its National Deputy Chair.

Honours

Silver Distinguished Service Medal, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia (2017) recognising her substantial services to youth, especially regional and disadvantaged young Australians.
Gold Distinguished Service Medal, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award – Australia (2021)

References

(1 February 2006). "Nori, Sandra (1953 - )". The Australian Women's Register.
{{Cite NSW election. (1988)
"The Hon. Sandra Christine Nori (1951- )".
Welch, Dylan. (4 April 2007). "I've been to hell and back: Nori". The Sydney Morning Herald.
(5 April 2007). "Nori flies into eye of storm over MP's assault claims". The Sydney Morning Herald.
Davies, Anne. (3 April 2007). "New minister dumped over assault claims". The Sydney Morning Herald.
(27 May 2011). "Members of Council". Macquarie University.
"The Hon Sandra Nori joins Komosion board". Komosion.
(2012-09-20). "Meeting the World in Person". Global Panel Foundation.
(26 June 2019). "National Board". The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Australia.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

members-of-the-new-south-wales-legislative-assembly 1953-births living-people australian-politicians-of-italian-descent labor-left-politicians australian-labor-party-members-of-the-parliament-of-new-south-wales 21st-century-australian-politicians 21st-century-australian-women-politicians women-members-of-the-new-south-wales-legislative-assembly women's-ministers-of-australia university-of-sydney-alumni

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Sandra Nori — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report