Leesa Vlahos
Leesa Anne Vlahos, née Chesser[1] (born 1966) is an Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Taylor for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2010 election.
Early life
Vlahos is originally from Queensland. As a child she became a Girl Guide and later continued to be involved with the scouting movement. She studied Health Administration at the Queensland University of Technology. She then worked in public and private hospitals in Brisbane and later the Repatriation Hospital in Daw Park, South Australia. Vlahos was the founding director of SA Progressive Business Inc. which acts as the corporate events arm of the ALP and links the political party with the business community.[2]
Parliament
Vlahos was elected to her parliamentary seat after the retirement of the previous Labor member Trish White.[3]
Vlahos is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health Jack Snelling. She previously held office as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and assisted in the portfolio areas of Defence Industries, Veterans’ Affairs, Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse and The Arts.
She is a former Presiding Officer of the SA Parliament Public Works Committee, a former member of the Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee, and a former member of the Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation. She was also a member of the Economic and Finance Committee.
Nuclear power advocacy
Vlahos was described by the Australian Financial Review as 'staunchly pro-nuclear' and advocated for nuclear power in Australia during the lead-up to the Royal Commission into South Australia's future role in the nuclear fuel cycle.[4] In her 2015 submission in response to the Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission she stated that she had been an advocate for a "modern and safe" nuclear industry for South Australia "for years". She also encouraged an investigation of the possibility of developing Thorium-fueled nuclear power.[5]
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| Preceded by | Member for Taylor 2010–present |
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