Lynne Kosky

The Honourable Lynne Kosky
Lynne Kosky in 2009 in her role as Minister for Public Transport
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Altona
In office 30 March 1996 – 18 January 2010
Preceded by	Carole Marple
Succeeded by	Jill Hennessy
Personal details
Born	Lynne Janice Kosky (1958-09-02)2 September 1958 Melbourne, Australia
Died	4 December 2014(2014-12-04) (aged 56) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor Party
Spouse	Jim Williamson
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Social worker

Lynne Janice Kosky (2 September 1958 – 4 December 2014) was an Australian politician and senior minister in the Government of Victoria. She represented the electoral district of Altona in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party from 1996 to 2010 and held key ministerial posts from 1999 through to her retirement from politics, including the key education and public transport portfolios.

A sometimes controversial figure, particularly as public transport minister, and a magnet for criticism about the performance of Melbourne's metropolitan rail system, Kosky presided over the largest increases to public transport patronage in 50 years in Victoria when a substantial infrastructure deficit had been created over that period due to a bias towards funding for roads. Kosky attracted record funding for public transport, particularly during the settling of the Victorian Transport Plan, and built a strong record of legislative reform in her ministerial posts. On 18 January 2010, Lynne Kosky announced her intention to resign from Parliament immediately, citing "significant health problems in her family".^[1]