Background
CROWLEY, Rosemary Anne was born on July 30, 1938 in Melbourne, Australia.
CROWLEY, Rosemary Anne was born on July 30, 1938 in Melbourne, Australia.
Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Melbourne University. Bachelor of Science in Surgery, Melbourne University.
Senator for South Australia, since 1983. Chairperson, Senate Select Committee on Health Legislation and Health Insurance. Chairperson, Senate Standing Committee on the Environment, Recreation and the Arts.
Member, Senate Select Committee on Agriculture and Veterinary Chemicals. Member, Senate Standing Committees on the Scrutiny of Bills and Community Affairs. Chairperson, Senate Estimates Committee.
Secretary, Caucus Committees on Community Services and Welfare and the Status of Women. Member, Caucus Committees on Economics and Industrial Relations and Education, Employment and Training. Co-convenor Caucus Working Group on Child Care.
Chairperson, Joint House Sub.-Committee on Occupational Health and Safety. Professional career: Jnr. RMO, 1962; Snr. RMO, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, 1963.
Pathology Registrar, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 1964. Jnr. Clerical Assistant Paediatrics Medicine Department, Adelaide Childrens Hospital, 1970-1971. Assistant, Clinical Haemotology Institute, Medical and Veterinary Science South Australia, 1972-1974.
Founding member. South Australia, Mental Health Review Tribunal, 1979-1983.
President Mitcham Branch Australian Labor Party, 1974-1975. Elected as first woman from South Australia to Senate, 1983, chair senate standing committee on scrutiny of bills, chair senate select committee on health insurance and legislatiion, member caucus committees including economics and industrial relations, arts, sport and tourism, community services and welfare, chair senate standing committees on environment, recreation and the arts, head government inquiry on women, sport and the media, member caucus working group on medicare and heatlh, secretary caucus committee on the status of women, minister assisting the prime minister for the status of women, 1993, minister for family services, since 1993. Member Doctors Reform Society, Australian Federation University Women, Medical Practitioners Against War, Amnesty International (parliamentary group).
Recreations: jogging, theatre, gardening.
Three children.