Scott Ludlam

Politician

Scott Ludlam was born in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand on January 10th, 1970 and is the Politician. At the age of 54, Scott Ludlam biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 10, 1970
Nationality
Australia, New Zealand
Place of Birth
Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand
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Capricorn
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Columnist, Graphic Designer, Political Staffer, Politician, Web Developer
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Curtin University, Murdoch University
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Scott Ludlam Life

Scott Ludlam (born 10 January 1970) is a New Zealand-born Australian politician.

He served as Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens from July 2008 to July 2017. He was a member of the Australian Greens and a senator from July 2008.

Ludlam was a representative of Western Australia and resigned after it was discovered that he was ineligible to serve in the Senate due to having dual citizenship of New Zealand and Australia.

Early life and education

Ludlam was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. At the age of three, he and his family left New Zealand and settled in Australia at eight years old. He studied architecture at Curtin University and then economic studies at Murdoch University, which was followed by policy studies. He worked as a filmmaker, artist, and graphic designer. Ludlam spent a while as co-editor of the Gaia Journal and assisted in the site's layout in the 1980s after participating in Joanna Macy's experiential deep ecology education. He was later involved in anti-nuclear activism in Western Australia before becoming more involved with the Western Australian Greens.

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Scott Ludlam Career

Political career

Ludlam was the unpopular second candidate on the Greens ticket in the upper house of the Mining & Pastoral area at the 2001 state election. Ludlam worked for Greens state parliamentarian Robin Chapple from 2001 to 2005. He served as a communications officer for Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert from 2005 to 2007. Ludlam unsuccessfully contested Murchison-Eyre's seat in 2005 state election, winning 498 percent of the primary vote.

Ludlam was elected to the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election, representing Western Australia. His term began on July 1, 2008, and he joined other incoming Senators on August 26th.

Following the 2013 federal election, it was initially reported that Ludlam had dropped out of re-election, but that Palmer United Party candidate Zhenya Wang had been postponed, with his term set to expire on June 30th. However, an Australian Electoral Commission recount of votes sparked some doubt over the absence of ballot papers, which culminated in Ludlam and Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party winning their fifth and sixth Senate seats respectively. Following the recount, it was discovered that there were 1375 missing votes, and the High Court of Australia ruled that the recount results were invalid because the number of votes lost far exceeded the margin between candidates. Ludlam regained his seat in the Senate on Thursday at re-election on April 5th.

Ludlam has been active in many political campaigns, including opposition to uranium mining in Jabiluka and Western Australia, nuclear weapons, overseas military bases, and support for Aboriginal land rights, peace, and disarmament, as well as climate change, fair trade and equitable globalisation.

Ludlam fought back against internet censorship, for enhanced guarantees for public interest of the National Broadband Network, and for the fair treatment of Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks publishing group since taking his seat in the Senate.

He successfully advocated for the restoration of $264 million to the National Rental Affordability Fund in 2011, which funded the construction of thousands of affordable rental homes.

Ludlam, a former film maker, illustrator, and graphic designer by trade, has used some communications technologies to support with campaigns. He created the Bike Blackspot App, a smart phone application that allowed cyclists to campaign for increased bike funding. In 2007, he produced "Climate of Hope," a 30-minute documentary explaining why he believes that nuclear energy is not the solution to climate change.

The Greens won in excess of a quota in the 2014 Western Australian Senate election, with the primary vote up from 9.9 percent to 15.6 percent, re-electing Ludlam.

Ludlam was elected Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens on May 6th, 2015, alongside Senator Larissa Waters. This came after Christine Milne resigned as the party's leader.

Ludlam announced on September 3rd that he would be taking a leave of absence to seek help with depression and anxiety.

Ludlam resigned from the Senate on July 14 after barrister John Cameron notified him that he held dual Australian and New Zealand citizenship, making him ineligible to serve in the Federal Parliament under section 44 of the Australian Constitution. Ludlam said he had mistakenly lost his New Zealand citizenship when he arose as an Australian citizen in his mid-teens. Following Ludlam's resignation, a number of MPs and senators were formally confirming their citizenship status, and later led to the resignation of fellow Greens senator and deputy leader Larissa Waters four days later after learning she had Canadian citizenship.

Ludlam was arrested at an Extinction Rebellion rally on October 7, 2019.

Black Inc. published Full Circle: A search for the world that will come next in May 2021.

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