Skye Kakoschke-Moore

Skye Kakoschke-Moore
Senator for South Australia
In office
2 July 2016 – 22 November 2017
Succeeded by Tim Storer
Personal details
Born Skye Louise Kakoschke
(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Political party Nick Xenophon Team
(2013–present)
Spouse(s)
Simon Moore
(m. 2007)
[1]
Children 1 step-daughter[1]
Education American British Academy
Alma mater Flinders University[1]
Occupation Policy advisor
(Senator Nick Xenophon)
Profession Advisor
politician

Skye Louise Kakoschke-Moore (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for South Australia in the Parliament of Australia from July 2016 until she resigned in November 2017, following her realisation that she was a dual citizen.[2] Kakoschke-Moore had served as Nick Xenophon Team whip and spokesperson for mental health, veteran's affairs and women.[3][4]

Background

Kakoschke-Moore was born in Darwin before moving with her family to Oman when she was nine years old where her father took up an expatriate role as an air traffic control instructor. She completed an International Baccalaureate at the American British Academy in Muscat, then moved to Adelaide to study law and economics at Flinders University. During her studies, she worked in retail at Myer and volunteered in the legal division of the Australian Refugee Association. In 2008 she represented Australia along with 30 other countries as a facilitator for 'Insight Dubai'—an international leadership conference for women focusing on globalisation, politics, equality and diversity. She married Simon Moore in 2007 and has a step-daughter.[1]

Political career

Xenophon staffer

In 2010, after completing her university studies, Kakoschke-Moore began working in the Electorate Office of Nick Xenophon. In 2013 she began working as a senior advisor on legal and constituent affairs. She held this position until 2015 when she replaced longtime Xenophon advisor, Hannah Wooller, as the Senator's legislative and policy advisor.[5]

Senator for South Australia (2016–2017)

In March 2016, NXT announced that Kakoschke-Moore would be the third on the South Australian senate ticket.[6] This was despite NXT deputy leader Stirling Griff's claim that the party would not nominate "political groupies... people who have been ticket-holding members of parties" or "people that have gone up through a structure being staffers of MPs".[7]

Kakoschke-Moore was one of nine co-sponsors of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017.[8] As a senator she was prominent on the issue of cyber-bullying, particularly of children who commit suicide as a result. Writing in The Advertiser in October 2017, Kakoschke-Moore argued:

"The scourge of cyberbullying will not be solved overnight. But if as law makers we can respond to senseless and avoidable tragedy by implementing well-considered laws, if we can help to prevent harm to children, then we should do just that."

Photographs of Kakoschke-Moore at a waxworks museum in Las Vegas made national news in October 2017. The photographs, taken in 2009 the year before she joined Xenophon's office, showed her "groping a wax statue of actress Halle Berry" on the "breast" and "wielding a bottle next to a statue of porn star Jenna Jameson".[9][10][11][12][13] Kakoschke-Moore, along with her party colleagues, defended her conduct as having occurred on a family holiday. The photographs emerged two days after Xenophon had removed SA Best candidate Rhys Adams from the party because a photograph of him mocking domestic violence against a wax work figure of the singer, Rihanna, appeared in the press.[14]

Kakoschke-Moore resigned from the Senate on 22 November 2017, after learning she was a British citizen by descent, and therefore ineligible under section 44 of the Australian Constitution to be elected to the Australian Parliament due to holding dual citizenship.[15] Upon her resignation, Xenophon said:

"Skye Kakoschke-Moore has done outstanding work and this is not the end of her political career, I think it's the end of a chapter of her political career."[16]

On 13 February 2018, the high court ruled that Kakoschke-Moore could not replace herself as senator in a recount, even though she had renounced her British citizenship.[17][18]

Post-politics career

Since leaving the Senate, Kakoschke-Moore has continued as a member of the management committee of NXT’s renamed Federal Party - Centre Alliance, and provides governance as a key voting member. [19] She also ran a Cancer Council campaign for bowel cancer research in recognition of an ex-Xenophon staffer, Diana Babich, who died in early 2018.[20][21]

Kakoschke-Moore has been preselected to lead the Centre Alliance Senate ticket in South Australia for the next Australian federal election.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Skye Kakoschke-Moore. "Skye Kakoschke-Moore – Nick Xenophon Team". Nick Xenophon Team. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Matthew Doran; Stephen Dziedzic; Jane Norman (5 July 2016). "Who's who in the zoo: Meet the new Senate crossbenchers". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore". aph.gov.au. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Shepherd, Tory (30 October 2017). "Senator Nick Xenophon to be replaced by longtime adviser Rex Patrick in Senate". The Advertiser. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Skye Kakoschke-Moore". Nick Xenophon Team.
  6. ↑ Robin, Myriam (5 April 2016). "Meet the candidates looking to take the NXT step". Crikey. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Richardson, Tom (21 October 2015). "Xenophon party promises: no egomaniacs, no academics". InDaily.
  8. ↑ Anna Brown (15 November 2017). "And we're off! Notice of motion tabled - a powerful display of cross-party support for a Bill that will deliver #MarriageEquality if Australia says YES". Twitter.
  9. ↑ Baxendale, Rachel (11 October 2017). "Skye Kakoschke-Moore 'skylarking with family' in wax statue groping pic". The Weekend Australian.
  10. ↑ Langenberg, Adam (10 October 2017). "NXT Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore pictured groping waxwork figure in Las Vegas". The Advertiser.
  11. ↑ Blair, Tim (11 October 2017). "THE JOY OF WAX". The Daily Telegraph.
  12. ↑ "Nick Xenophon team senator snapped groping wax statue". 9news.com.au. 11 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Photo emerges of NXT senator groping Halle Berry waxwork figure". 10 October 2017.
  14. ↑ Langenberg, Adam (8 October 2017). "Nick Xenophon sacks SA Best candidate Rhys Adams over Facebook post". The Advertiser.
  15. ↑ James Massola (22 November 2017). "Skye Kakoschke-Moore quits over UK citizenship". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  16. ↑ Holderhead, Sheradyn (23 November 2017). "South Australian senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore quits parliament over British dual citizenship". The Advertiser.
  17. ↑ Lewis, Rosie; Griffiths, Luke (13 February 2018). "NXT want Storer as High Court rules Skye Kakoschke-Moore cannot replace herself". The Weekend Australian.
  18. ↑ "High Court rules former NXT senator cannot replace herself". ABC. 13 February 2018.
  19. ↑ Doran, Matthew (20 March 2018). "SA election: Nick Xenophon's role in managing his party defended by Stirling Griff". ABC. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "I'm supporting People's Choice Undies Run for Bowel Cancer to kick bowel cancer in the butt!". People’s Choice Undies Run 2018.
  21. ↑ "BABICH, Diana Catherine". The Advertiser. 16 February 2018.
  22. ↑ "Skye Kakoschke-Moore preselected for Centre Alliance Senate spot, ruling out Nick Xenophon return". ABC News. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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