Sophie Mirabella (née Panopoulos) (born 27 October 1968) is an Australian federal politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001, representing the Division of Indi, Victoria. Since 22 September 2008 she has been the Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak and was previously a solicitor ...
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Sophie Mirabella (née Panopoulos) (born 27 October 1968) is an Australian federal politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001, representing the Division of Indi, Victoria. Since 22 September 2008 she has been the Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak and was previously a solicitor and articled clerk from 1995 to 1997 at Riordans. From 1998 until her election to Parliament, she worked as a barrister.
Mirabella received a well above-average 5.6% swing to her in the 2004 federal election, giving her 66.3% of the two-party preferred vote and making Indi one of the safest Liberal seats in the country.
She has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1987. She was president of the Melbourne University Liberal Club, vice-president of the Australian Liberal Students Federation, a delegate to the Liberal Party State Council of...
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