Gavin Marshall

Gavin Marshall (born 25 March 1960) is a former Australian politician, who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from July 2002 until June 2019, representing the state of Victoria.

Marshall was born in Melbourne and was an electrician and official with the Electrical Trades Union before entering politics.

On 7 July 2014, Marshall was elected Deputy President of the Senate, serving in that position until 9 May 2016.

Leadership 2019

Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament leadership 2019.

Executive Chairperson John Speight
Executive Vice Chairperson Len Cooper
Secretary Romina Beitseen
Treasurer Keith Stodden

Vice Chairpersons Paul Conway, Luke Hilakari, Andrew Irving, Senator Gavin Marshall, Ann Srgo.

Filipino communists

From 14 to 28 November 2011, Luis Jalandoni and Coni Ledesma's tour of Australia was sponsored by Migrante Australia, SEARCH Foundation and other support organizations. During this visit, Jalandoni and Ledesma were able to meet various influential parliamentarians and senators, mostly in Canberra.

Accompanied by Peter Murphy of SEARCH Foundation and Jane Brock of Migrante Australia, they met with parliamentarians Laurie Ferguson, Claire Moore, Ed Husic and Maria Vamvankinou of the Australian Labor Party; Senator Gavin Marshall of the Labor Party, Senator Scott Ludlam of the Greens, and Senator-elect Ms. Lee Rhiannon of the Greens for New South Wales.

The parliamentarians and senators expressed support for the NDFPGRP (now called GPH) peace negotiations. Scott Ludlam said he would submit a resolution in the Australian Parliament expressing support for the NDFP-GPH peace talks. So did Ms. Lee Rhiannon for the New South Wales Parliament. Senator Marshall and Ms. Rhiannon want to question the unjust terrorist listing by Australia of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People's Army, and the NDFP Chief Political Consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison.

Ms. Rhiannon said she would also question the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the GPH and Australia and the latter's training of about 130 Filipino military officers every year. She wants to find out if the notorious General Jovito Palparan is one of those trained in Australia.

While in Canberra, Peter Murphy arranged for a meeting of Jalandoni and Ledesma with officials of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Jalandoni presented the NDFP position on the peace talks while Jane Brock, speaking for tax-paying Filipinos in Australia questioned the Australian government's support of the Philippine military. She asserted their right to demand that Australia play a peacebuilding role in the Philippines. Senator Gavin Marshall said he would follow up with the DFAT on their role regarding the Philippines.

Jalandoni and Ledesma spoke at several forums of significant trade unions in Sydney and Melbourne, church leaders in Sydney, overseas Filipinos, academicians and student youth. Ledesma spoke at a meeting of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in Blue Mountain. They spoke about the NDFP program for national and social liberation and on the peace talks.^[1]