Clare Scriven

The Honourable
Clare Scriven
MLC
Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)
Preceded byDavid Basham
Minister for Forest Industries
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)
Preceded byNew position
Member of the South Australian Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17)
Personal details
Political partyLabor
EducationGDipMgmt, GCertPubSecMgmt[1]

Clare Michele Scriven is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2018 state election.

Scriven was raised in Mount Gambier, before living and working in Adelaide for the Australian Electoral Commission from 2007. She later returned to Mount Gambier. She was previously the State Manager of the Australian Forest Products Association, and had post-graduate degrees in management and business. She and her husband Gerard has six children.[2]

On 10 April 2018, Scriven was elevated to the Malinauskas Labor shadow cabinet as: Deputy Leader in the Legislative Council, Shadow Minister for Industry & Skills, and Shadow Minister for Forestry.[3][4][5][6] Following the 2022 election, Scriven has served as the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development and Minister for Forest Industries in the Malinauskas ministry since March 2022.[7] She is one of the two regional ministers in the cabinet, the other being Independent member Geoff Brock.[8]

On the 16th of October 2024, Scriven supported amendments proposed by Liberal MP Ben Hood aimed at restricting late-term abortions. This stance put her at odds with many in her party and reproductive rights advocates. The amendments would have required women seeking an abortion after 28 weeks to deliver the baby alive for adoption, marking a significant shift from the 2021 legislation that allowed late-term abortions after 22 weeks if medically necessary. The vote resulted in the defeat of the proposed amendments to restrict late-term abortions in South Australia, with a narrow margin of 9-10. Scriven’s support underscored internal party divisions on the issue.[9]

  1. ^ "Hon Clare Scriven". Members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Hon Clare Scriven MLC". South Australian Labor. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ Harmsen, Nick (10 April 2018). "New SA Labor leader Peter Malinauskas signals shift on ICAC secrecy, unveils shadow cabinet". ABC. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ Richardson, Tom; Siebert, Bension (10 April 2018). "Labor signals ICAC retreat as Malinauskas allocates shadow cabinet portfolios". InDaily. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ Green, Antony (4 April 2018). "Final Results of the 2018 South Australian Election". Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ^ Bowe, William (18 March 2018). "Third time lucky". The Poll Bludger. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Ministry - Order of Precedence" (PDF). South Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ^ "New South Australian cabinet sworn in, with independent Geoff Brock making surprise comeback". ABC News. 24 March 2022.
  9. ^ "South Australian upper house narrowly votes down late-term abortion law amendments, with controversy between MP's". ABC News. 17 October 2024.