Noah Carroll was the 11th National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party. He is a member of the party's right faction.[1]

Noah Carroll
National Secretary of the Labor Party
In office
26 September 2016 – 26 July 2019
Preceded byGeorge Wright
Succeeded byPaul Erickson
Personal details
Political partyLabor
SpouseSarah Carroll
ChildrenIsabella Carroll, Harrison Carroll

Political career

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Carroll joined Labor at the age of 21 while living in Mount Macedon in rural Victoria.[2]

He then served as Councillor for the Shire of Macedon Ranges.[3] He has also previously been employed as a Ministerial Advisor to the Victorian Treasurer, Adviser to the Minister for Finance and Consumer Affairs and as an Adviser to the Minister for Gaming and Consumer Affairs.[2]

Carroll subsequently worked as the Assistant State Secretary of Victorian Labor from 2009 to 2011 and then as State Secretary from 2011 to 2016.[4] As State Secretary, he oversaw the 2014 state campaign that elected the Andrews Government in Victoria after just one term in opposition.[4] He is known for his bluntness, strategic mind and is considered a very close confidant of Labor Leader Bill Shorten[4] and previously worked for Senators Stephen Conroy and Robert Ray.

He completed Harvard Business School's general management programme in 2015. [5]

He is also a graduate of the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from Monash University with a Master of Management (International Business). [6]

In 2013, he was awarded the ten-year service medal for service to the Country Fire Authority.

Caroll resigned from the position of National Secretary in July 2019 following Labor's defeat at the 2019 Australian federal election.[7] He now works at KPMG in the management consultant division.[8]

Personal life

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Caroll has a wife, Sarah, and has two children, daughter, Isabella and son, Harrison.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Aston, Heath (23 September 2016). "ALP appoints Victorian party boss Noah Carroll to steer next federal election campaign". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Noah Caroll". Australian Labor Party. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. ^ Bachelard, Michael (13 September 2009). "Former bankrupt set for ALP post". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Bramston, Troy (4 October 2016). "Labor's new driver Noah Carroll may be antidote to complacency". The Australian. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. ^ Grattan, Michelle (30 August 2016). "Victorian Labor man favourite to replace George Wright as ALP national secretary". The Conversation. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. ^ Carroll, Noah (20 March 2017). "LinkedIn". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. ^ Osborne, Paul (19 July 2019). "Labor national boss calls it quits early". The Standard. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. ^ Loussikian, Kylar (30 September 2019). "Former Labor party boss Noah Carroll lands KPMG gig". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party
2016–2019
Succeeded by