Jo Clay
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Jo Clay | |
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.jpg) Clay in 2024 | |
| Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens | |
| Assumed office 19 December 2024 | |
| Leader | Shane Rattenbury |
| Preceded by | Rebecca Vassarotti |
| Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Gordon Ramsay |
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| Born | 7 February 1977 |
| Party | ACT Greens |
| Alma mater | University of Wollongong (LLB) |
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Joanne T. Clay (born 1977)[1] is an Australian politician currently serving as a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra since 2020 and the deputy leader of the ACT Greens since 2024. Clay will been the Acting Leader of the ACT Greens once Shane Rattenbury retires in May 2026.[2]
Clay grew up in Canberra and attended Weetangera Primary and Radford College in Canberra.[3][4] She went on to complete a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong and a year on exchange at University of Colorado, Boulder.[5][6]
Clay was a writer in the 2000s and early 2010s, developing and publishing the RomZomCom A Single Girl's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse which won Marion's Olvar Wood Fellowship Award.[7][6]
Prior to entering politics, Clay worked in various companies focused on improving the environment, including setting up Send and Shred, a company that recycles shredded documents, and The Carbon Diet about reducing her carbon footprint.[8]
Political career
First Term
At the 2020 Australian Capital Territory election Clay won one of the five seats in Ginninderra, unseating Labor MLA Gordon Ramsay.[9]
During that term, Clay was responsible for the spokesperson portfolios of Transport, Active Travel, Parks and Conservation, Animal Welfare, Arts and Culture, Circular Economy, Science, and Women.[10]
Second term
Clay retained her seat at the 2024 election. Following the election, she nominated for the position of ACT Greens after Rebecca Vassarotti, the incumbent Deputy Leader, lost her seat. Clay was elected by a ballot of the party general membership, running unopposed but still requiring a majority support vote to take office.[11]
Clay is responsible for the spokesperson portfolios of Planning & Urban Renewal, Environment, Circular Economy & Waste, Arts & the Nighttime Economy, Animal Welfare, Heritage, and Finance.[12]