Rob Hudson

Prior to his election as the member for Bentleigh, he worked at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, and was the director of the Victorian Council of Social Service. In 1993, he became senior advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. He held this position for three years before becoming the CEO of WorkPlacement. From 1999, he held the position of social policy director to the Premier of Victoria. After being elected to parliament in 2002, he became the Chair of the Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee from 2002 to 2006, the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure from 2006 to 2007, the Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport and the Arts from 2007 to 2009, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and for the Arts in 2010. He was a supporter of abortion law reform in 2008 and voted for the bill.^[1][2]

Hudson was defeated in the 2010 Victorian state election by Elizabeth Miller of the Liberal Party, losing by just 441 votes. His defeat allowed the Liberal-National Party Coalition to form government by one seat.

• Rob Hudson M.P.- Member for Bentleigh http://www.robhudson.com.au/
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