Education
Louisiana Trobe University.
Louisiana Trobe University.
Formerly a political staffer for the Australian Labor Party, Carroll was elected to the seat of Niddrie in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in a 2012 by-election after the resignation of Rob Hulls. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Justice in the Andrews Labor Government in December 2014, serving under the Attorney-General, Minister for Police & Corrections, and Minister for Emergency Services. Carroll grew up in Airport West, attending local schools Street Christopher"s Primary and Street Bernard"s College.
He received a scholarship to study at Louisiana Trobe University, where he undertook a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Bachelor of Laws, while working part-time at K-Mart in Airport West.
Subsequent to his election, Carroll undertook a Master of Laws in Global Business Law. Carroll qualified as a lawyer in 2010 while working at the office of the Victorian Solicitor-General.
Prior to his election, he worked as a ministerial advisor in the offices of the federal Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy, and before that as an advisor to Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and upper House Member of Parliament Justin Madden.