Melissa Price (politician)

The Honourable
Melissa Price
MP
Minister of the Environment
Assumed office
28 August 2018
Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Preceded by Josh Frydenberg (Environment and Energy)
Assistant Minister for the Environment
In office
20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) – 27 August 2018
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Scott Morrison
Minister Josh Frydenberg
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Office abolished
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Durack
Assumed office
7 September 2013
Preceded by Barry Haase
Personal details
Born Melissa Lee Price
(1963-12-12) 12 December 1963
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal
Relatives
Residence Geraldton, Western Australia
Alma mater
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer
Website melissapricemp.com.au

Melissa Lee Price (born 12 December 1963) is an Australian Liberal Party politician serving as Environment Minister in the Morrison Government and Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Durack since 2013.[1] Price served as the Assistant Minister for the Environment from 20 December 2017 to 27 August 2018.[2] Price was appointed to the Cabinet in the Morrison Ministry on 28 August 2018 as Minister of the Environment.

Born in Kalgoorlie in 1963, Price's grandfather, David Dellar, and uncle, Stan Dellar, were both Australian Labor Party members of the Western Australian Legislative Council.[3] Prior to entering Parliament, Price was Vice President of Legal and Business Development for Crosslands Resources, an entity of Mitsubishi Developments which control the major Western Australian Jack Hills Iron Ore Mine and is currently a director for Cancer Council Western Australia.

Price previously unsuccessfully contested the state seat of Kalgoorlie at the 2013 state election.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Melissa Price". Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  2. ↑ Turnbull, Malcolm (19 December 2017). "Ministerial Arrangements" (Press release). Government of Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2018. Melissa Price joins the Ministry as Assistant Minister for the Environment. She will work closely with Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg and is tasked with developing and implementing the Government’s policies on issues as broad as climate change, Landcare and the protection of the Great Barrier Reef.
  3. ↑ First Speech: Melissa Price MP Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. – Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Liberal Party has pre selected Melissa Price as its candidate for the WA seat of Durack". ABC. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
Political offices
New ministerial post Assistant Minister for the Environment
2017–present		 Incumbent
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Barry Haase		 Member for Durack
2013–present		 Incumbent
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