Background
ZAKHAROV, Olive was born on March 19, 1929 in Kew, Victoria, Australia. Daughter of Robert Hay and Alice Hay, 1954.
ZAKHAROV, Olive was born on March 19, 1929 in Kew, Victoria, Australia. Daughter of Robert Hay and Alice Hay, 1954.
Bachelor of Arts, Melbourne. Accredited Course in Teacher Training, Melbourne STC. Graduate Diploma Ed. Couns.
(RMIT); spoken languages: English, French.
Delegate, Labor Party State Conference, Victoria, 1972-1985. Executive Member, Diamond Valley Federal Electoral Assembly, 1972-1975. Executive Member, Labor Party Montmorency Branch, 1973-1983.
Member, Victoria Health and Welfare Policy Committee, 1977-1983. Elected to Senate for Victoria, since 1983, re-elected 1984 and 1987. Committee Service: Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Publications, 1983-1985.
For the House, 1985-1987, and since 1988. For Regulations and Ordinances, May 1984, February-September 1985, and since 1990. Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for National Resources, 1983-1987 and Chairperson, 1985-1987.
Chairperson for Community Affairs, since 1987. For Environment, Recreation and the Arts, 1987-1990. Member, Joint Statutory Committee for Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, since 1990.
Member of the Senate Select Committee for Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes, 1983-1987. For Video Material, 1984-1985. For the Embryo Experimentation Bill, 1985, 1985-1986.
Member of the Senate Estimates Committee D, 1983 85, 1987-1988 and since 1990, then Chair, November since 1990. Chairperson ofE, 1985-1986. Chairperson ofF, 1986-1987.
Member of the Joint Select Committee for Video Material, since 1985, for Employment, Education and Training, since 1990. Parliamentary Representative on the Council of the Australian National University, 1984-1986. Conferences, Delegations and Visits: Member, Australian Government Delegation to United Nations World Conference for the End of the Decade for Women, Nairobi, 1985.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the European Institutions, the North Atlantic Assembly and Finland, 1987. Temporary Chair of Committees, since 1987. Member, Parliamentary Liaison Group on AIDS.
Special Parliamentary Adviser to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Violence Against Women. Government Representative, Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment. Professional career: school counsellor.
Teacher; registered psychologist. Market research interviewer. Pathology assistant; clerk.
Shop assistant; mail officer. Waitress; fruit picker. Psychiatric nurse.
Atheist
Victorian Secondary Teachers’ Association. Australian Psychological Society. National Parks Association.
Wilderness Society; Australian Conservation Foundation. Amnesty International. Social Biology Resources Centre.
Humanist Society; Australian Film Institute. World Women Parliamentarians for Peace. Campaign for International Co-operation Disarmament.
Psychologists for the Prevention of War. Rationalist Society, Victorian AIDS Trust. National Trust; Australian National Gallery.
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