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Allison Ritchie is a Tasmanian-born politician and community leader, who has dedicated her career to improving the lives of those in her hometown of Hobart, as well as the wider island population.
Allison begun her political journey when she joined the Tasmanian Labor Party. This experience kickstarted a passion for policy and advocacy, and how these two combined can offer social solutions to individuals and local groups. Allison continued to realise this vision in her subsequent role within the Labor Party, as Executive Assistant to the State Secretary of Tasmania, which she commenced in 1996.
Over the next six years, Allison gained a deep understanding of the issues facing people in her State, including cost of living pressures, homelessness, access to education, child and community health and safety, infrastructure development, job creation, and support for seniors and services for people with disabilities. During this time Allison also took on the role of Southern Convenor of the Labor Women’s Network.
In 2001, Allison was able to solidify her contribution to the people of Tasmania when she was elected as the Member for Pembroke in the Legislative Council. Allison held this position for the following eight years, achieving the following appointments:
In the years following her departure from Legislative Council, Allison has engaged in numerous volunteer roles, including as the Assistant Secretary of the Clarence RSL Women’s Auxiliary; she is the founder and President of lobby group “People Protecting Children”, and has been tireless in highlighting systemic failures while achieving improved protections for children, notably in her work campaigning for the now-active Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.
Allison has earned a reputation for delivering strong effective advocacy for community matters, close to the heart of the people she has lived with and worked with her whole life. In her current role as the General Manager of the Hobart Police and Community Youth Club, Allison’s focus is on improving the health and wellbeing of at-risk youth. The club provides low-cost, sporting, recreational, social and cultural programs in a safe environment to young people, with these programs bettering their families and the Hobart community as a whole.
