David Ettershank
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affiliationsCommunist Party of Australia[1]
David Ettershank | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region | |
| Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Kaushaliya Vaghela |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Legalise Cannabis |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Australia[1] |
| Website | davidettershank |
David Ettershank is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Western Metropolitan Region since 26 November 2022. Ettershank is a member of Legalise Cannabis Victoria.[2][3]
Ettershank became politically active in Queensland during the late 1970s, participating in campaigns against uranium mining and for the right to march under the government of Joh Bjelke-Petersen.[1] His early activism, influenced by the Vietnam War and anti-apartheid movements, which he claimed included multiple arrests.[1]
Before entering politics, Ettershank had experience in the trade union movement and the not-for-profit sector.[1] He spent a decade in the Communist Party of Australia and two decades working as an industrial and education officer in unions across Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Victoria.[1] Ettershank has described this period as formative in shaping his understanding of social and economic justice, and of race, gender, and class issues.[1]
After leaving the union movement, he became a partner in a small consulting firm providing services to not-for-profit aged care and community service organisations across Victoria and interstate, with a focus on governance, workforce and sector capacity issues.[1]