Zoe Bettison
Zoe Bettison | |
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Bettison in 2025 | |
| Minister for Tourism | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2022 | |
| Premier | Peter Malinauskas |
| Preceded by | Steven Marshall (as Premier) |
| Minister for Multicultural Affairs | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2022 | |
| Premier | Peter Malinauskas |
| Preceded by | Jennifer Rankine (2018) |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Ramsay | |
| Assumed office 11 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Rann |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labor |
| Alma mater | Flinders University, University of Adelaide |
| Profession | Union official |
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| Website | www |
Zoe Lee Bettison is an Australian politician who has served as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Ramsay representing South Australian Labor since the 2012 Ramsay by-election.
Bettison has served as the Minister for Tourism and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Malinauskas ministry since March 2022. She has previously served in other ministerial roles in the Weatherill ministry between 2014 and 2018.
Career
Zoe Lee Bettison[1] held positions with Great Southern Rail, and within the Australian Labor Party.[2]
She was formerly a union official for the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association, and was a director of political lobbying firm Hawker Britton.[3][4][5]
Political career
Bettison was is aligned with Labor's Right faction.[5][4]
The 2012 Ramsay by-election was held after the resignation of Labor incumbent and former Premier Mike Rann. Bettison easily retained the seat. She was re-elected with an increased margin at the 2014 election. In March 2014 she became Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Veterans Affairs and Minister for Volunteers in the Weatherill Labor cabinet. Between 2014 and the 2018 state election Bettison has also served as the minister with responsibility for a range of portfolios, including communities and social inclusion, social housing, the status of women, ageing, multicultural affairs, youth, volunteers.[6][1]
After Labor won the 2022 election, Bettison was appointed as Minister for Tourism and Minister for Cultural Affairs in the Malinauskas ministry.[7]
On 2 September 2022, as Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Bettison said that there would be a Parliamentary inquiry into "neo-Nazi symbols, the activities of extremist groups, discrimination faced by targeted groups and the prohibition on symbols in other states". This was partly prompted by the activities of a group of neo-Nazis who had posted photographs of themselves giving fascist salutes outside the Adelaide Holocaust Museum, and concerns had been raised about the activities of groups such as the National Socialist Network in South Australia.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Zoe Bettison". Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ "2012 Ramsay by-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Wills, Daniel (10 August 2011). "Jobs for the girls in looming Labor reshuffle". The Advertiser. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ a b Wills, Daniel (30 October 2011). "ALP hopefuls will be listening to communities". Adelaide Now. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ a b Harmsen, Nick (11 August 2017). "Liberals' donations double Labor Party's ahead of SA election". ABC News. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ "Cabinet of South Australia: Premier.sa.gov.au". Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "New South Australian cabinet sworn in, with independent Geoff Brock making surprise comeback". ABC News. 24 March 2022.
- ^ Katsaras, Jason (2 September 2022). "Neo-Nazis prompt SA parliamentary inquiry". InDaily. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
External links
- "Bettison, Zoe". Members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- Parliamentary Profile: SA Labor website Archived 27 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine