Don Nardella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Don Nardella

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1958

Place of Birth: Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Profession: politician, welder, crane driver, trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Don Nardella

  • Donato Antonio "Don" Nardella (born 9 November 1958) is an Australian politician.
  • He was a member of the Parliament of Victoria from 1992 until 2018, representing Melbourne North Province in the Legislative Council (1992-1999) and Melton in the Legislative Assembly (1999–2018).
  • He was a member of the Labor Party from 1992 until 2017, when he was forced to resign from the Labor caucus over an expenses scandal; he then sat in parliament as an independent. Nardella was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray, and received First Class Welder Certificates in the early 1980s.
  • In 1981 he received a licence as a crane driver and chaser.
  • He became a Labor Party state organiser in 1985, and remained prominent in the union movement as a member of the Municipal Executive.In 1992, Nardella was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council on the Labor ticket for Melbourne North Province.
  • He was appointed Shadow Minister for Aged Care and Shadow Minister Assisting on Workcover in 1995, exchanging Aged Care for Consumer Affairs in 1999.
  • In that year he transferred to the lower house, winning the safe seat of Melton.In December 2014, Nardella was elected Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, under Speaker Telmo Languiller.
  • In February 2017, Languiller was found to have been claiming a second residence allowance for a house in Queenscliff, and later resigned his position.
  • Questioned by the media about the allowance, Nardella conceded he had claimed around $100,000 of the same allowance for a house in Ocean Grove, and announced he would resign as deputy speaker on the same day as Languiller.
  • On 28 February 2017, Nardella announced he would retire from politics at the next state election.
  • Premier Daniel Andrews demanded that Nardella repay the $100,000 he had claimed, which he refused to do; accordingly Andrews demanded his resignation from the Labor Party, and Nardella resigned to sit as an independent on 7 March 2017.

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