Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since being elected in 2006. Hunter has a Bachelor of Science (honours) degree and throughout his life has been a Research Assistant in the Department of Clinical Immunology, Flinders Medical Centre as well as a Youth Worker at Norwood C.Y.S.S. Hunter is the first openly gay member of the South Australian Legislative Council.. ... more

Ian Hunter is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since being elected in 2006. Hunter has a Bachelor of Science (honours) degree and throughout his life has been a Research Assistant in the Department of Clinical Immunology, Flinders Medical Centre as well as a Youth Worker at Norwood C.Y.S.S. Hunter is the first openly gay member of the South Australian Legislative Council.. He gained nation-wide attention when he called for the Australian Government to introduce gay marriage. . He has advocated on issues of equality, including introducing an amendment in the Legislative Council to a surrogacy bill that would extend the bill to cover same-sex couples, in line with other state legislation. The Amendment was ultimately unsuccessful. He chairs the Social Development Committee. Other members on the committee are Trish White (ALP), Lindsay Simmons (ALP), Adrian Pederick (Lib), Stephen Wade (Lib) and Dennis Hood (Family... less