PERSON: Craig Kelly
Employer
Australian House of Representatives
Position
Member for Hughes, New South Wales
Biography
Kelly was born in Sydney on 29 September 1963. He is one of four children born to Lawrence and Raima Kelly. He was educated at public schools.
After finishing high school Kelly worked for his parents as a furniture salesman and “export manager” at their furniture business DV Kelly Pty Ltd. The firm imported Asian furniture and onsold it to retailers like Harvey Norman, but financial troubles resulted in the Australian Taxation Office issuing wind-up orders in 2012, leaving creditors and employees owed over $4 million. The administrator’s report suggested that Kelly may have been a de facto director of the company and thus be liable to be pursued for trading while insolvent. He stated that this was a “completely baseless allegation,” and had previously stated in his maiden speech to parliament that he stopped working for the company in 2009 in order to run for parliament. However, Crikey subsequently reported that Kelly had signed himself as a director of the company on a number of documents related to a court case in New Zealand.[16] He was registered as a director of three related companies – Homewares Depot, Valentino Franchising and Valentino Home Fashion – until March 2011.
Kelly established the now-defunct Southern Sydney Retailers Association, which he used as a platform to lobby the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Parliamentary service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Hughes, New South Wales, 2010. Re-elected 2013, 2016 and 2019.
Parliamentary positions
Member of the Speaker’s Panel from 14.11.2013 to 11.4.2019.
Committee service
Joint Statutory: Law Enforcement (formerly National Crime Authority from 15.6.1984 to 1.1.2003 and Australian Crime Commission from 1.1.2003 to 24.11.2010) from 2.3.2015 to 9.5.2016 (Chair from 2.3.2015 to 9.5.2016); Law Enforcement (formerly National Crime Authority from 15.6.1984 to 1.1.2003 and Australian Crime Commission from 1.1.2003 to 24.11.2010) from 14.9.2016 to 23.2.2021 (Chair from 14.9.2016 to 23.2.2021).
Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Migration from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 14.9.2016 to 1.7.2019.
Joint Select: DisabilityCare Australia from 19.6.2013 to 5.8.2013.
House of Representatives Standing: Appropriations and Administration from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Economics from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Economics from 14.9.2016 to 23.2.2021; Environment and Energy from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources from 4.7.2019 to 23.2.2021.
House of Representatives Select: Social Media and Online Safety from 2.12.2021.
>> Www.aph.gov.au
After finishing high school Kelly worked for his parents as a furniture salesman and “export manager” at their furniture business DV Kelly Pty Ltd. The firm imported Asian furniture and onsold it to retailers like Harvey Norman, but financial troubles resulted in the Australian Taxation Office issuing wind-up orders in 2012, leaving creditors and employees owed over $4 million. The administrator’s report suggested that Kelly may have been a de facto director of the company and thus be liable to be pursued for trading while insolvent. He stated that this was a “completely baseless allegation,” and had previously stated in his maiden speech to parliament that he stopped working for the company in 2009 in order to run for parliament. However, Crikey subsequently reported that Kelly had signed himself as a director of the company on a number of documents related to a court case in New Zealand.[16] He was registered as a director of three related companies – Homewares Depot, Valentino Franchising and Valentino Home Fashion – until March 2011.
Kelly established the now-defunct Southern Sydney Retailers Association, which he used as a platform to lobby the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Parliamentary service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Hughes, New South Wales, 2010. Re-elected 2013, 2016 and 2019.
Parliamentary positions
Member of the Speaker’s Panel from 14.11.2013 to 11.4.2019.
Committee service
Joint Statutory: Law Enforcement (formerly National Crime Authority from 15.6.1984 to 1.1.2003 and Australian Crime Commission from 1.1.2003 to 24.11.2010) from 2.3.2015 to 9.5.2016 (Chair from 2.3.2015 to 9.5.2016); Law Enforcement (formerly National Crime Authority from 15.6.1984 to 1.1.2003 and Australian Crime Commission from 1.1.2003 to 24.11.2010) from 14.9.2016 to 23.2.2021 (Chair from 14.9.2016 to 23.2.2021).
Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Migration from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 14.9.2016 to 1.7.2019.
Joint Select: DisabilityCare Australia from 19.6.2013 to 5.8.2013.
House of Representatives Standing: Appropriations and Administration from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Economics from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Economics from 14.9.2016 to 23.2.2021; Environment and Energy from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources from 4.7.2019 to 23.2.2021.
House of Representatives Select: Social Media and Online Safety from 2.12.2021.
>> Www.aph.gov.au
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