Lee, Elizabeth | AWR (2024)

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Lee, Elizabeth

(1979 – )Lee, Elizabeth | AWR (1)
  • Born30 August, 1979, Gwangju South Korea
  • OccupationFitness instructor, Lawyer, Politician

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Elizabeth Lee became Leader of the Opposition in the ACT Legislative Assembly in October 2020. She was first elected to the Assembly in 2016, representing the Canberra Liberals in the electorate of Kurrajong. Lee was the first Asian-Australian to be elected to the Assembly and the first person of Korean heritage to be elected to an Australian parliament. She is the first Asian-Australian to lead a major political party. Before being elected, Lee practised as a lawyer in government and private practice and was a law lecturer at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. She has also worked as a fitness instructor.

Elizabeth Lee was inscribed on the ACT Women’s Honour Roll in 2016.

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“Elizabeth Lee was born in Gwangju, South Korea on 30 August 1979. She migrated to Australia with her family in 1986, aged seven. Lee has two younger sisters, Rosa and Sara. The family spoke Korean at home. Her father John worked on construction sites, as a cleaner and ran several small businesses; her mother Cecilia worked as a cleaner, in takeaway shops and as a homemaker. The family lived in Merrylands and Blacktown, in Sydney’s western suburbs where Elizabeth attended Sherwood Grange, Shelley and our Lady of Lourdes Primary Schools and Girraween Selective High School. Lee has lived in Canberra since 1998 when she began tertiary studies at the Australian National University. She has a Bachelor of Law and Asian Studies (Japanese) degree, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and a Master of Laws (Government and Commercial Law) degree.

Prior to entering the Legislative Assembly, Lee worked in the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, the office of the Australian Government Solicitor and as a commercial litigation lawyer at Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers. Lee lectured in law at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. Lee served as Chair of the ACT and Australian Young Lawyers Committees and Vice President of the ACT Law Society and volunteered for the ACT Legal Advice Bureau. She also worked as a fitness instructor and is a Les Mills qualified instructor for several fitness courses.

Lee ran unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly electorate of Molonglo in 2012 and for the Commonwealth House of Representatives seat of Fraser in 2013. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2016, representing Kurrajong. ACT electorates have five members; Lee was the highest-polling Liberal and the only one to be elected in Kurrajong. She was the first Asian-Australian to be elected to the Assembly and the first person of Korean heritage elected to an Australian parliament. Lee delivered her inaugural speech on 13 December 2016, speaking Korean in the closing moments to acknowledge her parents’ sacrifice as they sought better opportunities in Australia for their daughters. She also expressed pride in being a member of the first female majority parliament in Australia.

Lee was Assistant Speaker from December 2016 to October 2020 and has held several shadow portfolios, including for Education and Disability. The Canberra Liberals elected her as Opposition Leader in October 2020, when she became the first Asian-Australian leader of a major political party. As leader, she has held the shadow portfolios of Attorney-General (2020–22), Treasury (from 2020), Economic Development and Major Projects (from 2020), Climate Action (from 2020) and Housing Affordability and Choice (from 2022).

As Shadow Minister for the Environment, Lee successfully advocated for the Canberra Liberals agreement to achieving net zero emissions by 2045. She has consistently supported policies to improve gender equity and in 2020 introduced Australia’s first anti-stealthing laws, leading to the amendment of provisions in the ACT Crimes Act providing for consent to be negated if condom use is misrepresented. Similar laws were later introduced in other Australian jurisdictions. Lee attended the March 4 Justice protest at Parliament House Canberra in 2021, having previously revealed her experience of sexual harassment. She has also spoken personally about pregnancy loss. Lee’s daughter Mia was born in 2019 and her second daughter, Ava in 2023. Lee was the first Australian leader of a political party to take formal maternity leave from parliament. Her partner, Nathan Hansford, is a consultant. Lee has often spoken about the importance of being a role model, arising from her political leadership as a first generation Asian-Australian migrant: ‘If I can do my small part in inspiring other young Asian-Australians to pursue a role in politics, that’s a special thing … I also hope that I’m setting a good example for my girls, that women can do whatever they set their minds to and they can play leadership roles and make a lasting contribution.’”

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    • 'A Secondary Education for All'?: A History of State Secondary Schooling in Victoria
    • 'Albert Park State School Swimming Champions'
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What was Lee Miller known for? ›

Lee Miller (born April 23, 1907, Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.—died July 21, 1977, Farley Farm House, near Chiddingly, East Sussex, England) was an American photographer, Surrealist artist, and model who might have been known primarily as the muse and lover of the Surrealist artist Man Ray had her son not discovered and ...

What did Lee Miller do after the war? ›

After the war, she continued working for Vogue for another two years, covering fashion and celebrities. During Miller's work with Vogue in World War II, it became her goal to "document war as historical evidence". The effect of her work was to provide "context for events".

Was Lee Miller a female war correspondent? ›

After more than two years reporting on the UK home front, photojournalist Lee Miller, one of just a handful of women accredited as a war correspondent with the US military, received her first assignment on the European continent in 1944.

Who was the war correspondent for Vogue? ›

By all accounts, Lee Miller—the subject of an upcoming biopic starring Kate Winslet—was a remarkable woman. A renowned beauty, she was an accredited war photographer who covered the Second World War for Vogue, capturing in images, and words, the reality of combat.

What was Lee known for? ›

Why is Robert E. Lee significant? Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War, and ultimately commanded all the Confederate armies. As the military leader of the defeated Confederacy, Lee became a symbol of the American South.

What did Lee Miller do during WWII? ›

As the war progressed, Miller moved from studio photography to reporting in the field. She was one of just four female photographers accredited as official war correspondents with the US armed forces. Miller arrived in Normandy in July 1944, a month after the Allies launched their invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.

What was Lee Miller's childhood trauma? ›

Childhood trauma

Although raised in a wealthy family, Lee Miller did not have an easy childhood. She was raped at the age of 7, committed by a friend of her parents. Serious venereal disease ensues that will take years to heal.

Who was the photographer in Hitler's bathtub? ›

On April 30, 1945, the photojournalist Lee Miller took a bath in Hitler's tub.

What happened to Lee Miller's wife? ›

HEARTBROKEN football star Lee Miller last night paid tribute to his wife after she died aged just 29. Donna passed away on Tuesday. after suffering a brain tumour. The couple have two sons together, five-year-old Lennon and Bobby, one.

Who was Lee Miller to Man Ray? ›

Surrealist Muse and Collaborator

By 1929, at the age of 24, Miller had moved to Paris and begun working as Man Ray's studio assistant. Eventually, their professional relationship also led to a romantic one.

Who was the war correspondent who got shot? ›

Following the September 11 attacks on New York, Gardner specialised in covering stories related to the War on terror. On 6 June 2004, while reporting from Al-Suwaidi, a district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, notorious for extremism, Gardner was shot six times and seriously injured in an attack by al-Qaida gunmen.

Who was the famous war correspondent in ww2? ›

Ernie Pyle (born Aug. 3, 1900, near Dana, Ind., U.S.—died April 18, 1945, Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands) was an American journalist who was one of the most famous war correspondents of World War II.

Who was the black man who worked for Vogue? ›

André Leon Talley (October 16, 1948 – January 18, 2022) was an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, author, and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine.

Who was the first black woman on Vogue magazine? ›

Remember that famous Blackglama advertising tagline, “What becomes a legend most?” One imagines Beverly Johnson posing a similar question to herself in the lead-up to a very significant anniversary: Nearly 50 years ago, in August 1974, Johnson, a 22-year-old from Buffalo, New York, became the first Black model to ...

Who was the first male on US Vogue? ›

November 1992: Richard Gere becomes the first male to appear on the cover, alongside then-wife Cindy Crawford. December 1998: Hillary Clinton becomes the first American first lady to cover the magazine.

What was Lee Majors known for? ›

Majors is known for his roles as Barbara Stanwyck's husband's illegitimate son, Heath Barkley, in The Big Valley, as Arthur Hill's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon, in Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, as Colonel Steve Austin, in The Six Million Dollar Man, and as Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy.

What techniques did Lee Miller use? ›

Miller learned how to manipulate plates and crop, enlarge and retouch negatives with Ray; soon she did much of Ray's printing for him. He also taught her to photograph sitters as he did, from a distance, using a small studio camera with heavy glass plates.

What was William Lee known for? ›

William Lee served with Washington throughout the Revolutionary War. He was responsible for organizing the general's personal affairs, including his voluminous papers, and holding his spyglass. As the attendant to a prominent figure, Lee became a minor celebrity.

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