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Introduction
Michelle Rowland is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Greenway in the House of Representatives s ince 2010. She was a member of the shadow ministry from 2013 to 2022 and was appointed Minister for Communications following the ALP’s victory in the 2022 Australian federal election.
Early life
| Name | Michelle Rowland |
| Net Worth | $4 million |
| Salary | $1.5 million |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Age | 50 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Michelle Anne Rowland was born on November 16, 1971 (age 50 years) in Blacktown in Sydney, Australia. Her mother is Fijian, but she does not hold dual citizenship as the Fijian constitution at the time did not allow for citizenship to pass through the maternal line. She was raised in Seven Hills. She was educated at Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta and the University of Sydney.
Rowland was a senior telecommunications lawyer with the law firm Gilbert + Tobin in Sydney. She lives in the electorate at Glenwood. Rowland was a Director of the Western Sydney Area Health Service from 2000 to 2004 and is a former local councillor (Ward 2, 2004–2008) and deputy mayor of Blacktown (2007–2008).
Political career
Michelle Rowland won the Australian House of Representatives seat of Greenway for Labor at the 2010 Australian federal election, following the 2009 electoral distribution which had made Greenway notionally Labor, on a margin of 5.7 points. The seat was previously held by Liberal Louise Markus, who contested the more marginal seat of Macquarie at the 2010 federal election.
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Rowland was re-elected to the seat at the 2013 federal election with an increased majority and was also subsequently appointed to the Labor opposition’s frontbench as Shadow Assistant Minister for Communications as well as Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism.
In October 2015, Michelle Rowland was elevated to Shadow Minister for Small Business as well as continuing as Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism.
In the lead-up to the 2013 federal election, campaign opinion polls had shown that she would lose Greenway, but her subsequent victory was helped during the campaign by the blunder of her Liberal opponent Jaymes Diaz in not stating clearly the Coalition’s policy on asylum seekers.
Shadow minister
Following the ALP’s defeat in the 2013 election, Rowland was appointed to Bill Shorten’s shadow ministry. She has held the portfolios of Shadow Assistant Minister for Communications (2013–2015), and Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism (2013–2016).
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Michelle Rowland served as Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Communications from 2016 to 2019. She was elevated to the shadow cabinet in 2016 and maintained her place following Anthony Albanese’s election as party leader in 2019.
Political positions
Michelle Rowland is a member of Labor Rights. In 2012, Rowland was one of 98 MPs that voted against a bill for same-sex marriage but supported its introduction in 2016. Despite the 2017 Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey returning a 53.6% no vote for the electorate of Greenway, in line with her longstanding position and the overall success of the Yes vote.
Rowland voted for the bill that enacted same-sex marriage in Australia, declaring: “Personally, a conversation I had with a mother in Seven Hills provided me with an important perspective. Her son is on active service in the Australian navy and he wants to marry his partner. This man is putting his life on the line in service to Australia. Who am I, and who is any person, to say that this man should not be entitled to marry the person he loves?”.
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In 2021, Michelle Rowland was the most vocal critic inside the Labor caucus of its capital gains tax, negative gearing, and income tax policies, seeing all three dropped.
Husband
Michelle Rowland is married to Michael Chaaya, they had their wedding in the 1900s. Her husband is a private person and they have children together. The couple held their marriage ceremony in Australia and are living a happy life with their children. As of mid-2022, Rowland and her husband are still married. She stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.
Michelle Rowland net worth
How much is Michelle Rowland worth? Michelle Rowland net worth is estimated at around $4 million. Her main source of income is from her career as a politician and lawyer. Rowland salary and other career earnings are over $1.2 million annually. She is one of the richest and influential politicians in Australia.