Claire Moore

Claire Mary Moore (born 1956) is an Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 2002 to 2019, having been elected in the 2001 Federal Election, and the Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Prior to entering Parliament, Moore was the Queensland Secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union from 1994 to 2001 and a public servant. Senator Moore has previously served as Shadow Minister for Women, Shadow Minister for Carers, Shadow Minister for Communities, and the Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate.

Early years and education Clare Mary Moore was born in 1956 in Toowoomba, Queensland, to Catholic parents Mick and Mary Moore.

She attended St Saviour's College, prior to studying at both the University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland. including both Chair of the Community Affairs (Legislation) Committee and Deputy Chair of the Community Affairs (References) Committee.

Moore has also served as a Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; as a Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances; and as the Chair of the Parliamentary Group on Population and Development.

In July 2018 Moore announced that she would retire at the next election.

Shadow Minister On Friday 18 October 2013, The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Leader of the Opposition, announced the allocation of portfolios in which Moore was appointed Shadow Minister for Women, Shadow Minister for Carers, Shadow Minister for Communities, and Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate.

Following Labor's narrow defeat at the 2016 election, Moore lost the Manager of Opposition Business role to Sam Dastyari but remained in the outer ministry becoming the Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific.

Community memberships Moore has been involved in many community organisations, including Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), the Australian Republican Movement (ARM), Friends of the ABC, EMILY's List, and the Australian Workers' Heritage Centre, the last two of which she was a founding member. Moore was an executive member of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network in the early 2020s.