Grace Portolesi

Grace Portolesi
Minister for Education
and Child Development
In office
21 October 2011 – 21 January 2013
Preceded byJay Weatherill
Succeeded byJennifer Rankine
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Hartley
In office
30 March 2006 – 14 March 2014
Preceded byJoe Scalzi
Succeeded byVincent Tarzia
Personal details
Born (1968-06-26) 26 June 1968 (age 56)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (SA)

Grace Portolesi (born 26 June 1968)[1] is an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Hartley from 2006 to 2014 for the Labor Party.

Previously the parliamentary secretary assisting the Attorney-General, in 2010 Portolesi was appointed Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Multicultural Affairs, Youth and Volunteers. Portolesi was appointed Minister for Education and Child Development in 2011, a position she held until 2013. From 2013 to 2014 she was the Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, and a Member of the Executive Council.[2] She is aligned with Labor's left faction.[3]

  1. ^ "Ms Grace PORTOLESI MP, Member for Hartley, SA House of Assembly". Parliament @ Work. Education Services Australia, DEEWR, Australian Government. May 2006.
  2. ^ "Grace Portolesi". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. ^ Owen, Michael (23 March 2010). "Left MP Tony Piccolo refuses to back move on Right's Kevin Foley". The Australian. Retrieved 20 January 2016.