Stephen Conroy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stephen Conroy
Occupation	Former
Date Of Birth	Jan 18, 1963(1963-01-18)
Age	61
Birthplace	Helensburgh
Country	Australia
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Stephen Conroy Biography

Stephen Conroy is one of the most popular and richest Former who was born on January 18, 1963 in Helensburgh, Scotland, Australia. Stephen Michael Conroy (born 18 January 1963) is an Australian politician from the past. He was the Australian Labor Party member of the Senate from 1996 until 2016 representing Victoria as the State of Victoria. He was Minister during his time in the Rudd and Gillard governments. He was removed from Senate in September 2016. Senate in September of 2016.

Conroy is a key participant in the Labor Right and was criticised in the beginning of 2006 by those from both the Labor Left and Simon Crean for his work in promoting the replacement of many long-serving lawmakers with new ones which included Bill Shorten, Richard Marles, Mark Dreyfus, Nathan Murphy and Matt Carrick. After Crean’s triumph in the Hotham pre-election, in which Conroy was a supporter of Martin Pakula for the position Crean slammed Conroy repeatedly, urging Conroy to step down from his post as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition at the Senate.

Conroy faced severe criticism over his Internet censorship policies from various groups. While initially promoted as a way to block child pornography, the censorship policy has been extended to include legal material traditionally refused classification by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (now known as the Australian Classification Board), including sites depicting drug use, crime, sex, cruelty, violence or “revolting and abhorrent phenomena” that “offend against the standards of morality”. On 19 March 2009 it was reported that ACMA’s blacklist of banned sites had been leaked online, and had been published by WikiLeaks. About half of the list was child-porn related; the remainder included sites dealing with legal porn, online gambling, euthanasia, Christianity and fringe religions; sites belonging to a tour operator, dentist and animal carers were also listed. Conroy described the leak and publication of the blacklist as “grossly irresponsible” and that it undermined efforts to improve “cyber safety”. In June 2009 he was named “Internet villain of the year” at the 11th annual Internet industry awards in the UK, for “individuals or organisations that have upset the Internet industry and hampered its development – those whom the industry loves to hate.”

In April 2009, Conroy faced criticism after he made comments disparaging the ISP iiNet’s defence in a Federal Court case against a number of film studios and Channel Seven. Opposition spokesmen described the comments as prejudicial. After iiNet won, Conroy said it was disappointing the two sides had ended up in court. In February 2010, he admitted using his influence to have a former Labor politician Mike Kaiser, take the position of Government Relations and External Affairs Executive with the National Broadband Network. Kaiser was previously forced to retire from the Labor party due to electoral fraud. Also in February 2010, he was reported to have spent some time while on holiday with Kerry Stokes weeks before cutting licence fees that are charged to free- to-air networks, including Stokes’ broadcasting Seven Network.

He was a volleyball national representative in his teen years and is the president of Volleyball Victoria since 2004.

Stephen Conroy Net Worth

Stephen Conroy is one of the richest Former from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Conroy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Conroy was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. His parents were employed in an air base in which his mom Jean was a radar analyst and the father Bill was sergeant. In December 1973 , the Conroys relocated into Canberra, Australia, where the Conroys went to Daramalan College. He earned an Economics Bachelor’s degree at The Australian National University in Canberra. His involvement with student politics was not much but he did help organize the student fee protest.

After graduating from university, Conroy worked as an advisor to Ros Kelly and Barry Jones. Conroy moved from Melbourne for a career in politics where Conroy was introduced to Robert Ray, and served for a while as a Superannuation Officer for the Transport Workers Union and as an elected City of Footscray councillor. Conroy was elected as a senator in Senate in 1996. Senate in 1996 after Gareth Evans resigned to contest for a seat within the Lower House. Conroy was appointed to the Senate in 1998. Conroy was appointed to his place in the Opposition Shadow Ministry and in 2001 became the Deputy Opposition Leader of the Senate. Conroy became Shadow Minister for Trade, Corporate Governance and Financial Services from 2003 until 2004 before becoming the Shadow Minister of Communications and Information Technology in October 2004.

In December 2009 “Internet pranksters” registered the domain name stephenconroy.com.au which was swiftly removed by auDA raising concerns about auDA’s political neutrality and the further potential for suppression of political speech after the proposed mandatory Internet filter is legislated.

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Who is Stephen Conroy Dating?

According to our records, Stephen Conroy married to Paula Benson. As of December 1, 2023, Stephen Conroy’s is not dating anyone.

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Stephen Conroy foreshadowed his resignation from parliament in a tabled speech on 15 September 2016; he resigned on 30 September 2016.

Facts & Trivia

Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular Former. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Stephen Conroy celebrates birthday on January 18 of every year.