Jo CLAY
ACT Greens
Member for Ginninderra
Contact
Ph: (02) 6205 0131
clay@parliament.act.gov.au
GPO Box 1020
Canberra ACT 2601
Assembly service
- Elected 28 October 2020
Parliamentary positions
ACT Greens Spokesperson for Transport, Active Travel and Road Safety, Planning, Parks and Conservation, Animal Welfare, Arts and Culture, Science, Circular Economy, and Women (November 2020 – present)
Committee service
Standing committees
- Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity (December 2021 – present)
- Planning, Transport and City Services (December 2020 – present, Chair)
- Justice and Community Safety (December 2020 – December 2021)
About Jo Clay
Inaugural speech
Jo Clay gave her inaugural speech to the Assembly on 3 December 2020.
Watch the speech Read the Hansard
Previous occupations, qualifications
Occupations
- Co-founder and CEO, recycling company, Send and Shred (2016–2020)
- Founder and author, climate change project, The Carbon Diet (2017–2020)
- Freelance artist and writer (2011–2020)
- Operational policy and business coordinator, ACT NOWaste (2008–2011)
- Project manager, ACT Law Society (2004–2008)
- Legal officer and senior legal officer, Attorney-General’s Department (2001–2003)
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing)
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Community activities
- Local blogger, columnist and author
- ArtsACT Judge
- Court-appointed guardian and manager
- ACT Writer’s Centre, Member
- ACT Greens, Member
- Pedal Power ACT, Member and former Advocate Volunteer
- Australian Marine Conservation Society, Member
- Australian Conservation Foundation, Member
Personal
Jo Clay was born in Weetangera and lives in Macquarie with her partner, her daughter and her two dogs. She studied creative writing, filmmaking and law at the University of Wollongong and the University of Colorado.
Interests
Reading, writing, filmmaking, kayaking, stand up paddleboarding, snorkelling, cycling, cooking, looking after family