Senator glenn sterle biography of michael

Australian politician

Glenn Sterle (born 3 January 1960) is an Australian politician.^[1] A former trade union organiser, he has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since 2005, representing the state of Western Australia.^[2]

Early life

Sterle was born in Melbourne on 3 January 1960.^[3] His father was born in Yugoslavia and arrived in Australia as a refugee after World War II, while his mother was born in the United Kingdom.^[4]

Sterle grew up in the Perth suburb of Langford.^[2] He attended Thornlie Senior High School, but dropped out at the age of 17 to work as a furniture removalist.^[5] Three years later, he founded his own business operating road trains throughout northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

He spent fourteen years working as an owner-operator before giving up his business to take on a position as an organiser with the Transport Workers Union (TWU