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{{Short description|44th Premier of Tasmania}}
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|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
|name = Lara Giddings
| name = Lara Giddings
|image = Lara Giddings.jpg
| image = Lara Giddings.jpg
| caption = Giddings in 2013
|honorific-suffix =
|office = 44th [[Premier of Tasmania]]<br /><small>Elections: [[2014 Tasmanian state election|2014]]</small>
| office = 44th [[Premier of Tasmania]]<br /><small>Elections: [[2014 Tasmanian state election|2014]]</small>
|monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
|governor = [[Peter Underwood]]
| governor = [[Peter Underwood]]
|deputy = [[Bryan Green]]
| deputy = [[Bryan Green]]
|term_start = 24 January 2011
| term_start = 24 January 2011
|term_end = 31 March 2014
| term_end = 31 March 2014
|predecessor = [[David Bartlett]]
| predecessor = [[David Bartlett]]
|successor = [[Will Hodgman]]
| successor = [[Will Hodgman]]
|office2 = [[Deputy Premier of Tasmania]]
| office2 = [[Deputy Premier of Tasmania]]
|premier2 = [[David Bartlett]]
| premier2 = [[David Bartlett]]
|term_start2 = 26 May 2008
| term_start2 = 26 May 2008
|term_end2 = 24 January 2011
| term_end2 = 24 January 2011
|predecessor2 = [[David Bartlett]]
| predecessor2 = [[David Bartlett]]
|successor2 = [[Bryan Green]]
| successor2 = [[Bryan Green]]
|office3 = Treasurer of Tasmania
| office3 = Treasurer of Tasmania
|premier3 = [[David Bartlett]]
| premier3 = [[David Bartlett]]
|term_start3 = 6 December 2010
| term_start3 = 6 December 2010
|term_end3 = 31 March 2014
| term_end3 = 31 March 2014
|predecessor3 = [[Michael Aird]]
| predecessor3 = [[Michael Aird]]
|successor3 = [[Peter Gutwein]]
| successor3 = [[Peter Gutwein]]
|constituency_MP4 = [[Division of Franklin (state)|Franklin]]
| constituency_MP4 = [[Division of Franklin (state)|Franklin]]
|parliament4 = Tasmanian
| parliament4 = Tasmanian
|term_start4 = 20 July 2002
| term_start4 = 20 July 2002
|term_end4 = 3 March 2018
| term_end4 = 3 March 2018
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| predecessor4 =
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|constituency_MP5 = [[Division of Lyons (state)|Lyons]]
| constituency_MP5 = [[Division of Lyons (state)|Lyons]]
|parliament5 = Tasmanian
| parliament5 = Tasmanian
|term_start5 = 24 February 1996
| term_start5 = 24 February 1996
|term_end5 = 29 August 1998
| term_end5 = 29 August 1998
|predecessor5 =
| predecessor5 =
|successor5 =
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|birth_name = Larissa Tahireh Giddings
| birth_name = Larissa Tahireh Giddings
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|11|14}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|11|14}}
|birth_place = [[Goroka]], [[Papua New Guinea]]
| birth_place = [[Goroka]], [[Papua New Guinea]]
|occupation = Politician
| occupation = Politician
|party = [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]]
| party = [[Tasmanian Labor Party|Labor]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Tasmania]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Tasmania]]
|partner = Ian Magill
| partner = Ian Magill
|website = {{url|laragiddings.com/}}
| website = {{url|laragiddings.com/}}
| children = 1 plus 4 stepchildren
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|size=100%}}, {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP|size=100%}}
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'''Larissa Tahireh''' "'''Lara'''" '''Giddings''' (born 14 November 1972) is a former Australian politician who was the 44th [[Premier of Tasmania]] from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]] member of the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]] seat of [[Division of Franklin (state)|Franklin]] from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by [[Bryan Green]] after her government's defeat at the [[2014 Tasmanian state election|2014 state election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-14/lara-giddings-first-tasmanian-female-premier-to-leave-politics/8524780|title=Lara Giddings, first female to lead Tasmania, to quit politics|date=2017-05-14|work=ABC News|access-date=2017-11-04|language=en-AU}}</ref> Giddings came from the [[Labor Left]] faction.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/leftist-lara-giddings-still-looking-for-mr-right/news-story/6707bdc802248a5db9332899f14ae259|title=Leftist Lara Giddings still looking for Mr Right|last=Denholm|first=Matthew|date=25 January 2011|work=news article|access-date=20 November 2018|via=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>
'''Larissa Tahireh''' "'''Lara'''" '''Giddings''' {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|MP}} (born 14 November 1972) is an Australian former politician who was the 44th [[Premier of Tasmania]] from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]] member of the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]] seat of [[Division of Franklin (state)|Franklin]] from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by [[Bryan Green]] after her government's defeat at the [[2014 Tasmanian state election|2014 state election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-14/lara-giddings-first-tasmanian-female-premier-to-leave-politics/8524780|title=Lara Giddings, first female to lead Tasmania, to quit politics|date=2017-05-14|work=ABC News|access-date=2017-11-04|language=en-AU}}</ref> Giddings came from the [[Labor Left]] faction. As of {{year}}, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/leftist-lara-giddings-still-looking-for-mr-right/news-story/6707bdc802248a5db9332899f14ae259|title=Leftist Lara Giddings still looking for Mr Right|last=Denholm|first=Matthew|date=25 January 2011|work=news article|access-date=20 November 2018|via=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>


==Early years==
==Early years==
Giddings was born on 14 November 1972 in [[Goroka]], Papua New Guinea. As an adolescent, Giddings was educated at [[Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne|Methodist Ladies' College]] (MLC) in Melbourne as a boarder. At age 18, she joined the Australian Labor Party.<ref name="choice">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/laras-choice/story-e6frg8h6-1226245735090|title=Lara Giddings and the choice that may lead to her downfall as Tasmanian premier|last=Denholm|first=Matthew|date=21 January 2012|work=feature article|access-date=15 August 2016|via=}}</ref> Giddings studied a Bachelor of law and arts at University of Tasmania, and graduated in 1998. By the time she was already elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Lyons, making her the youngest ever elected to a State Parliament in Australia.
Giddings was born on 14 November 1972 in [[Goroka]], Papua New Guinea. As an adolescent, Giddings was educated at [[Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne|Methodist Ladies' College]] (MLC) in Melbourne as a boarder. At age 18, she joined the Australian Labor Party.<ref name="choice">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/laras-choice/story-e6frg8h6-1226245735090|title=Lara Giddings and the choice that may lead to her downfall as Tasmanian premier|last=Denholm|first=Matthew|date=21 January 2012|work=feature article|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>
Giddings obtained Bachelor of Arts and [[Bachelor of Laws]] degrees from the [[University of Tasmania]].


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
Giddings was first elected to parliament in the [[1996 Tasmanian state election|1996 election]] in the electorate of [[Division of Lyons (state)|Lyons]] but was defeated at the [[1998 Tasmanian state election|1998 election]]. Elected at the age of 23 years she was the youngest woman elected to an Australian Parliament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/labor-party-dismisses-rumours-former-premier-lara-giddings-is-leaving-parliament/news-story/e4d0d81185b33f2307b2d4ec207f73b2|title=Labor Party dismisses rumours former premier Lara Giddings is leaving Parliament|last=Smith|first=Matt|date=7 January 2015|work=news article|access-date=15 August 2016|via=}}</ref>
Giddings was first elected to parliament in the [[1996 Tasmanian state election|1996 election]] in the electorate of [[Division of Lyons (state)|Lyons]] but was defeated at the [[1998 Tasmanian state election|1998 election]]. Elected at the age of 23 years she was the youngest woman elected to an Australian Parliament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/labor-party-dismisses-rumours-former-premier-lara-giddings-is-leaving-parliament/news-story/e4d0d81185b33f2307b2d4ec207f73b2|title=Labor Party dismisses rumours former premier Lara Giddings is leaving Parliament|last=Smith|first=Matt|date=7 January 2015|work=news article|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>

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After losing her seat in 1998, she went on to work in the [[Australian Senate]] as Whip's Clerk for Senator [[Kerry O'Brien (politician)|Kerry O'Brien]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}, before travelling to Britain for a year at the end of 1999, where she did some temporary administrative work in London, and later worked as a Parliamentary research officer for the Member for [[Dunfermline East (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline East]], [[Helen Eadie]], in the [[Scottish Parliament]].<ref name="choice" />


Lara returned to Tasmania at the end of 2000 to work for the Tasmanian Premier ([[Jim Bacon (politician)|Jim Bacon]]) as a speech writer and media assistant{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}and then as an electorate officer for the Hon. Fran Bladel, Member for Franklin in the State Parliament.
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Giddings obtained Bachelor of Arts and [[Bachelor of Laws]] degrees from the [[University of Tasmania]] and went on to work in the [[Australian Senate]] as Whip's Clerk, then an electorate officer with Senator [[Sue Mackay]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}. She travelled to Britain, where she did some temporary administrative work in London, and later worked as a Parliamentary research officer for the Member for [[Dunfermline East (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline East]], [[Helen Eadie]], in the [[Scottish Parliament]].<ref name="choice" /> Until her return to parliament in 2002, she worked for the Tasmanian Premier as a speech writer and media assistant.{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}


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Giddings was elected one of the five members for the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]] [[Division of Franklin (state)|Division of Franklin]] in the [[2002 Tasmanian state election|2002 Tasmanian election]] for the [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]]. From 2004 to 2006, she was Minister for Economic Development and Minister for the Arts in the Labor government under [[Paul Lennon]]. Following the [[2006 Tasmanian state election|2006 election]], she became Minister for Health and Human Services.<ref name="Lara Giddings Tas parl">{{cite Tas Parliament |id=giddings703 |title=Larissa Tahireh (Lara) Giddings |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> Shortly after the election, the State Government decided to proceed with building a replacement for the [[Royal Hobart Hospital]] and the significant task of planning the replacement came under Giddings' portfolio. In April 2007, she came under criticism for the poor conditions in the Emergency Department and blamed the federal government for under-funding.
==ALP politics==
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Giddings was elected one of the five members for the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]] [[Division of Franklin (state)|Division of Franklin]] in the [[2002 Tasmanian state election|2002 Tasmanian election]] for the [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]]. From 2004 to 2006, she was Minister for Economic Development and Minister for the Arts in the Labor government under [[Paul Lennon]]. Following the [[2006 Tasmanian state election|2006 election]], she became Minister for Health and Human Services. Shortly after the election, the State Government decided to proceed with building a replacement for the [[Royal Hobart Hospital]] and the significant task of planning the replacement came under Giddings' portfolio. In April 2007, she came under criticism for the poor conditions in the Emergency Department and blamed the federal government for under-funding.


On 26 May 2008, Lennon resigned the leadership of the State Labor Party and premiership, and Deputy Premier, [[David Bartlett]] was elected party leader and became Premier, while Giddings was elected Deputy Leader and became Deputy Premier,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23757967-921,00.html |title=Bartlett, Giddings new leaders |last1=Neales |first1=Sue |last2=Worley |first2=Mark |last3=Matthews |first3=Craig |date=26 May 2008 |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart |accessdate=26 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528012120/http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0%2C22884%2C23757967-921%2C00.html |archivedate=28 May 2008 }}</ref> becoming the second woman in Tasmanian history to hold the position.<ref name=2ndwdp>{{cite news|last=Burgess|first=Julian|title=Giddings is first female premier|url=http://newsmediaiframe.examiner.com.au/iframepages/iframeArticle.aspx?id=2487693|accessdate=18 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Tasmania |date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
On 26 May 2008, Lennon resigned from the premiership, and Deputy Premier, [[David Bartlett]] was elected party leader and became Premier, while Giddings was elected Deputy Leader and became Deputy Premier,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23757967-921,00.html |title=Bartlett, Giddings new leaders |last1=Neales |first1=Sue |last2=Worley |first2=Mark |last3=Matthews |first3=Craig |date=26 May 2008 |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart |access-date=26 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528012120/http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0%2C22884%2C23757967-921%2C00.html |archive-date=28 May 2008 }}</ref> becoming the second woman in Tasmanian history to hold the position.<ref name=2ndwdp>{{cite news|last=Burgess|first=Julian|title=Giddings is first female premier|url=http://newsmediaiframe.examiner.com.au/iframepages/iframeArticle.aspx?id=2487693|access-date=18 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]]|location=Tasmania|date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419131926/http://newsmediaiframe.examiner.com.au/iframepages/iframeArticle.aspx?id=2487693|archive-date=19 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>


On 23 January 2011, Bartlett stepped down as Premier of Tasmania, and stated that "Lara Giddings will be an outstanding Premier and will have my full support". On 24 January, the State Parliamentary Labor Party unanimously elected Giddings party leader, also becoming Premier. She was the first female Premier of Tasmania<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/23/3119174.htm |title=Bartlett confirms resignation on Facebook |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=23 January 2011 |location=Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/tasmanian-premier-to-resign-20110123-1a0yg.html |title=Tasmanian premier to resign |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]] |date=23 January 2011 }}</ref> until her government's defeat on 15 March 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-15/liberals-sweep-to-power-in-tasmania-sa-result-in-doubt/5323460 |title=Liberals swept to power in Tasmania, Labor fights to the death in South Australia |author=Atherton, Ben |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |date=15 March 2014<!-- 22:00 AEST--> |accessdate=15 March 2014 }}</ref> Following her government's defeat, Giddings opted to return to the backbench, the first defeated Premier to do so since Harry Holgate in 1982. Her deputy, [[Bryan Green]], succeeded her as Tasmanian Labor leader.
On 23 January 2011, Bartlett stepped down as Premier of Tasmania, and stated that "Lara Giddings will be an outstanding Premier and will have my full support". The following day, the State Parliamentary Labor Party unanimously elected Giddings party leader, also becoming Premier. She was the first female Premier of Tasmania<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/23/3119174.htm |title=Bartlett confirms resignation on Facebook |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=23 January 2011 |location=Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/tasmanian-premier-to-resign-20110123-1a0yg.html |title=Tasmanian premier to resign |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]] |date=23 January 2011 }}</ref> until her government's defeat on 15 March 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-15/liberals-sweep-to-power-in-tasmania-sa-result-in-doubt/5323460 |title=Liberals swept to power in Tasmania, Labor fights to the death in South Australia |author=Atherton, Ben |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |date=15 March 2014<!-- 22:00 AEST--> |access-date=15 March 2014 }}</ref> Following her government's defeat, Giddings opted to return to the backbench, the first defeated Premier to do so since [[Harry Holgate]] in 1982. Her deputy, [[Bryan Green]], succeeded her as Tasmanian Labor leader.


On 14 May 2017, Giddings announced that she would be retiring from politics at the [[2018 Tasmanian state election|next Tasmanian state election]].<ref name="retirement">{{cite news|last1=Wisbey|first1=Michelle|title=Giddings to leave politics|url=http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4660390/giddings-to-leave-politics/|work=The Examiner|date=14 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>
On 14 May 2017, Giddings announced that she would be retiring from politics at the [[2018 Tasmanian state election|next Tasmanian state election]].<ref name="retirement">{{cite news|last1=Wisbey|first1=Michelle|title=Giddings to leave politics|url=http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4660390/giddings-to-leave-politics/|work=The Examiner|date=14 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>


==After politics==
==After politics==
In March 2019, Giddings became chief executive of the Tasmanian branch of the [[Australian Medical Association]] (AMA).<ref name="ama">{{cite news |last1=Maloney |first1=Matt |title=Giddings gets top job with the AMA |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5913646/giddings-gets-top-job-with-the-ama/ |accessdate=8 December 2019 |work=The Examiner |date=19 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
In March 2019, Giddings became chief executive of the Tasmanian branch of the [[Australian Medical Association]] (AMA).<ref name="ama">{{cite news |last1=Maloney |first1=Matt |title=Giddings gets top job with the AMA |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5913646/giddings-gets-top-job-with-the-ama/ |access-date=8 December 2019 |work=The Examiner |date=19 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


==Private life==
==Private life==
In 2011, Giddings stated that pursuit of her political career meant that she may never have children.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/singles-bar-removed-but-politics-remains/story-e6frgczx-1225995944490 |title=Singles bar removed but politics remains |last=Trinca |first=Helen |date=29 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |accessdate=29 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2008/12/23/46021_tasmania-news.html |title=Giddings: Politics over family |last=Neales |first=Sue |date=23 December 2008 |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> In September 2017, Giddings announced she was pregnant at the age of 44 with the help of an egg donor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/lara-giddings-joy-as-she-prepares-for-a-baby-with-partner-ian-magill/news-story/d0c958b9b68fec0276790c48979e1c8a|title=Lara Giddings’ joy as she prepares for a baby with partner Ian Magill |last=Glaetzer |first=Sally |date=22 September 2017 |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |accessdate=24 September 2017 }}</ref> In January 2018, she gave birth to a baby by the name of Natasha Rose with partner Ian Magill.<ref name="child">{{cite news |last1=Wilkins |first1=Kasey |title=Lara Giddings welcomes 'beautiful' baby girl, Natasha Rose |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5192998/lara-giddings-welcomes-beautiful-baby-girl-natasha-rose/ |accessdate=20 February 2019 |work=The Examiner |date=27 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2011, Giddings stated that pursuit of her political career meant that she may never have children.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/singles-bar-removed-but-politics-remains/story-e6frgczx-1225995944490 |title=Singles bar removed but politics remains |last=Trinca |first=Helen |date=29 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |access-date=29 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2008/12/23/46021_tasmania-news.html |title=Giddings: Politics over family |last=Neales |first=Sue |date=23 December 2008 |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart |access-date=23 January 2011}}</ref> In September 2017, Giddings announced she was pregnant at the age of 44 with the help of an egg donor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/lara-giddings-joy-as-she-prepares-for-a-baby-with-partner-ian-magill/news-story/d0c958b9b68fec0276790c48979e1c8a|title=Lara Giddings' joy as she prepares for a baby with partner Ian Magill |last=Glaetzer |first=Sally |date=22 September 2017 |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |access-date=24 September 2017 }}</ref> In January 2018, she gave birth to a baby girl with partner Ian Magill.<ref name="child">{{cite news |last1=Wilkins |first1=Kasey |title=Lara Giddings welcomes 'beautiful' baby girl, Natasha Rose |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5192998/lara-giddings-welcomes-beautiful-baby-girl-natasha-rose/ |access-date=20 February 2019 |work=The Examiner |date=27 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref> This partnership consequently made her a step-mother of another four children from previous relationships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themercury.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/lara-giddings-joy-as-she-prepares-for-a-baby-with-partner-ian-magill/news-story/d0c958b9b68fec0276790c48979e1c8a&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=cc6c5a7f9d294f7d4c00e87eec68c31d-1579942963|title=Subscribe to The Mercury|website=www.themercury.com.au|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
Giddings' official portrait was unveiled at [[Parliament House, Hobart|Parliament House in Hobart]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/official-portrait-of-former-labor-premier-lara-giddings-unveiled-in-state-parliament/news-story/9ef19065193464e45fd4fbe9687b4bae |title=Official portrait of former Labor Premier Lara Giddings unveiled in State Parliament |author=Richards, Blair |work=Mercury |location=Australia |date=26 August 2016 |accessdate=26 August 2016 }}</ref>
Giddings' official portrait was unveiled at [[Parliament House, Hobart|Parliament House in Hobart]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/official-portrait-of-former-labor-premier-lara-giddings-unveiled-in-state-parliament/news-story/9ef19065193464e45fd4fbe9687b4bae |title=Official portrait of former Labor Premier Lara Giddings unveiled in State Parliament |author=Richards, Blair |work=Mercury |location=Australia |date=26 August 2016 |access-date=26 August 2016 }}</ref>


On 16 August 2017, she was granted the use of the title "[[The Honourable]]" for life.<ref name="honourable">{{cite web|title=Members of Tasmanian Parliament who have been granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life|url=http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/InfoSheets/HonList.htm|website=Tasmanian Parliamentary Library|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania|accessdate=20 January 2018}}</ref>
On 16 August 2017, she was granted the use of the title "[[The Honourable]]" for life.<ref name="honourable">{{cite web|title=Members of Tasmanian Parliament who have been granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life|url=http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/InfoSheets/HonList.htm|website=Tasmanian Parliamentary Library|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref> Giddings was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2024 Australia Day Honours]] for "distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Tasmania, and to the community".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Honourable Larissa Tahireh Giddings |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3017072 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/giddings703.htm Lara Giddings – Parliamentary library profile]
*[https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/giddings703 Lara Giddings – Parliamentary library profile]
*[http://www.laragiddings.com/ Lara Giddings official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060820142917/http://www.tas.alp.org.au/people/tas/giddings_lara.php Lara Giddings – Labor party profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060820142917/http://www.tas.alp.org.au/people/tas/giddings_lara.php Lara Giddings – Labor party profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205063847/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ha/ISGiddingsLara.htm Lara Giddings' inaugural speech to parliament]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205063847/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ha/ISGiddingsLara.htm Lara Giddings' inaugural speech to parliament]
* [http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0310b.htm Giddings, Larissa (Lara) Tahireh] in ''The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia''


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The Honourable
Lara Giddings
AO, MP
Giddings in 2013
44th Premier of Tasmania
Elections: 2014
In office
24 January 2011 – 31 March 2014
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorPeter Underwood
DeputyBryan Green
Preceded byDavid Bartlett
Succeeded byWill Hodgman
Deputy Premier of Tasmania
In office
26 May 2008 – 24 January 2011
PremierDavid Bartlett
Preceded byDavid Bartlett
Succeeded byBryan Green
Treasurer of Tasmania
In office
6 December 2010 – 31 March 2014
PremierDavid Bartlett
Preceded byMichael Aird
Succeeded byPeter Gutwein
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for Franklin
In office
20 July 2002 – 3 March 2018
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for Lyons
In office
24 February 1996 – 29 August 1998
Personal details
Born
Larissa Tahireh Giddings

(1972-11-14) 14 November 1972 (age 51)
Goroka, Papua-Neuguinea
Political partyLabor
Domestic partnerIan Magill
Children1 plus 4 stepchildren
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania
OccupationPolitician
Websitelaragiddings.com

Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings AO MP (born 14 November 1972) is an Australian former politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by Bryan Green after her government's defeat at the 2014 state election.[1] Giddings came from the Labor Left faction. As of 2024, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.[2]

Early years

Giddings was born on 14 November 1972 in Goroka, Papua New Guinea. As an adolescent, Giddings was educated at Methodist Ladies' College (MLC) in Melbourne as a boarder. At age 18, she joined the Australian Labor Party.[3]

Giddings obtained Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Tasmania.

Parliamentary career

Giddings was first elected to parliament in the 1996 election in the electorate of Lyons but was defeated at the 1998 election. Elected at the age of 23 years she was the youngest woman elected to an Australian Parliament.[4]

After losing her seat in 1998, she went on to work in the Australian Senate as Whip's Clerk for Senator Kerry O'Brien[citation needed], before travelling to Britain for a year at the end of 1999, where she did some temporary administrative work in London, and later worked as a Parliamentary research officer for the Member for Dunfermline East, Helen Eadie, in the Scottish Parliament.[3]

Lara returned to Tasmania at the end of 2000 to work for the Tasmanian Premier (Jim Bacon) as a speech writer and media assistant[citation needed]and then as an electorate officer for the Hon. Fran Bladel, Member for Franklin in the State Parliament.

Giddings was elected one of the five members for the Tasmanian House of Assembly Division of Franklin in the 2002 Tasmanian election for the Labor Party. From 2004 to 2006, she was Minister for Economic Development and Minister for the Arts in the Labor government under Paul Lennon. Following the 2006 election, she became Minister for Health and Human Services.[5] Shortly after the election, the State Government decided to proceed with building a replacement for the Royal Hobart Hospital and the significant task of planning the replacement came under Giddings' portfolio. In April 2007, she came under criticism for the poor conditions in the Emergency Department and blamed the federal government for under-funding.

On 26 May 2008, Lennon resigned from the premiership, and Deputy Premier, David Bartlett was elected party leader and became Premier, while Giddings was elected Deputy Leader and became Deputy Premier,[6] becoming the second woman in Tasmanian history to hold the position.[7]

On 23 January 2011, Bartlett stepped down as Premier of Tasmania, and stated that "Lara Giddings will be an outstanding Premier and will have my full support". The following day, the State Parliamentary Labor Party unanimously elected Giddings party leader, also becoming Premier. She was the first female Premier of Tasmania[8][9] until her government's defeat on 15 March 2014.[10] Following her government's defeat, Giddings opted to return to the backbench, the first defeated Premier to do so since Harry Holgate in 1982. Her deputy, Bryan Green, succeeded her as Tasmanian Labor leader.

On 14 May 2017, Giddings announced that she would be retiring from politics at the next Tasmanian state election.[11]

After politics

In March 2019, Giddings became chief executive of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMA).[12]

Private life

In 2011, Giddings stated that pursuit of her political career meant that she may never have children.[13][14] In September 2017, Giddings announced she was pregnant at the age of 44 with the help of an egg donor.[15] In January 2018, she gave birth to a baby girl with partner Ian Magill.[16] This partnership consequently made her a step-mother of another four children from previous relationships.[17]

Honours

Giddings' official portrait was unveiled at Parliament House in Hobart in 2016.[18]

On 16 August 2017, she was granted the use of the title "The Honourable" for life.[19] Giddings was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Tasmania, and to the community".[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lara Giddings, first female to lead Tasmania, to quit politics". ABC News. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ Denholm, Matthew (25 January 2011). "Leftist Lara Giddings still looking for Mr Right". news article. Retrieved 20 November 2018 – via The Australian.
  3. ^ a b Denholm, Matthew (21 January 2012). "Lara Giddings and the choice that may lead to her downfall as Tasmanian premier". feature article. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ^ Smith, Matt (7 January 2015). "Labor Party dismisses rumours former premier Lara Giddings is leaving Parliament". news article. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Larissa Tahireh (Lara) Giddings". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. ^ Neales, Sue; Worley, Mark; Matthews, Craig (26 May 2008). "Bartlett, Giddings new leaders". The Mercury. Hobart. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  7. ^ Burgess, Julian (14 March 2012). "Giddings is first female premier". The Examiner. Tasmania. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Bartlett confirms resignation on Facebook". ABC News. Australia. 23 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Tasmanian premier to resign". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 23 January 2011.
  10. ^ Atherton, Ben (15 March 2014). "Liberals swept to power in Tasmania, Labor fights to the death in South Australia". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  11. ^ Wisbey, Michelle (14 May 2017). "Giddings to leave politics". The Examiner.
  12. ^ Maloney, Matt (19 February 2019). "Giddings gets top job with the AMA". The Examiner. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  13. ^ Trinca, Helen (29 January 2011). "Singles bar removed but politics remains". The Australian. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  14. ^ Neales, Sue (23 December 2008). "Giddings: Politics over family". The Mercury. Hobart. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  15. ^ Glaetzer, Sally (22 September 2017). "Lara Giddings' joy as she prepares for a baby with partner Ian Magill". The Mercury. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  16. ^ Wilkins, Kasey (27 January 2018). "Lara Giddings welcomes 'beautiful' baby girl, Natasha Rose". The Examiner. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Subscribe to The Mercury". www.themercury.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  18. ^ Richards, Blair (26 August 2016). "Official portrait of former Labor Premier Lara Giddings unveiled in State Parliament". Mercury. Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Members of Tasmanian Parliament who have been granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  20. ^ "The Honourable Larissa Tahireh Giddings". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
Tasmanian House of Assembly
Preceded by Member for Lyons
1996–1998
Served alongside: Rene Hidding
David Llewellyn
Michael Polley
Denise Swan 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Franklin
2002–2018
Served alongside: Ross Butler (2008–2010)
Paul Harriss (2014–2016)
Will Hodgman (2002–2020)
Daniel Hulme (2009–2010)
Paul Lennon (2002–2008)
Nick McKim (2002–2015)
David O'Byrne (2010–2014)
Jacquie Petrusma (2010–2022)
Paula Wriedt (2002–2009) 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Attorney-General
Minister for Justice
2008–2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Premier of Tasmania
2008–2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for the Arts
2010–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Treasurer of Tasmania
2010–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Premier of Tasmania
2011–2014 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Labor Party in Tasmania
2011–2014 		Succeeded by
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