Caroline LE COUTEUR

The Greens, Murrumbidgee electorate

CONTACT

Ph: (02) 6205 1941

lecouteur@parliament.act.gov.au
GPO Box 1020,
Canberra, ACT 2601

ASSEMBLY SERVICE

• Elected 29 October 2008
• Re-elected 26 October 2016

COMMITTEE SERVICE

Standing committees

• The Integrity Commission (November 2018–present)
• Health, Ageing and Community Services (December 2016–present)
• Planning and Urban Renewal (December 2016–present, Chair)
• Public Accounts (2008–2012, Chair)
• Planning, Public Works and Territory and Municipal Services (2008–2012, Deputy Chair)

Select committees

• Estimates 2019-2020 (February 2019–July 2019)
• End of Life Choices in the ACT (November 2017–March 2019)
• Estimates 2018-2019 (March 2018–July 2018)
• 2016 ACT Election and Electoral Act (December 2016–November 2017)
• Estimates 2017-2018 (December 2016–July 2017)
• ACT Supermarket competition policy (September 2011–August 2012, Chair)
• Estimates 2011–2012 (March–June 2011)
• Estimates 2009–2010 (April–June 2009, Deputy Chair)

PARLIAMENTARY POSITIONS

• Assistant Speaker (2008–2012)
• ACT Greens spokesperson for Planning, Territory and Municipal Services, Business and Economic Development, Indigenous Affairs, Arts and Heritage

VIDEOS

QUALIFICATIONS AND OCCUPATIONS BEFORE ENTERING THE ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Economics, ANU
• Bachelor of Business, NRCAE
• Graduate Diploma of Environment and Development Management, ANU

Occupations

• Australian and ACT Public Service, IT and energy policy roles
• Australian Ethical Investments Ltd, Executive Director
• Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Executive Director

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Australian Conservation Foundation ACT Branch, Convenor (1991–2008)
• National Council of Australian Conservation Foundation, ACT councillor (1993–2008)
• Australian New Zealand Solar Energy Society, member
• Alternative Technology Association, member
• BEND, member
• Coordination Co-op, member
• See Change, member
• Australian Shareholders Association, member

PERSONAL

Caroline Le Couteur was born in 1952. She has one daughter and two grand-children.

INTERESTS

Reading, gardening, community development and sustainability, design.