Rob Durbridge
Rob Durbridge is an Australian activist.
SEARCH Foundation
In 2013, Durbridge was President of the SEARCH Foundation.
Background
Rob Durbridge is a part-time teacher, and formerly worked for the Australian Education Union as Federal Industrial Officer and Federal Secretary. He is a public school and TAFE teacher and an advocate for reform to end school privatisation in favour of quality public education and improved conditions for educators.
Durbridge was elected President of the SEARCH Foundation in 2008 and is particularly committed to the renewal of Left politics. He has been engaged in Left politics since the anti-Vietnam War movement of the 1960s and joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1973, becoming the State Secretary in South Australia, a joint National Secretary and member of the CPA National Committee and a founding member of the SEARCH Committee on the CPA’s closure in 1991.[1]
Australian Left Renewal Conference, 2013
The SEARCH Foundation's Australian Left Renewal Conference, 2013, was held, the weekend of April 6-7, 2013,University of Technology Sydney.
Participatory Forum III
Strategic Priorities for the Left
- Panel: Rob Durbridge (SEARCH Foundation)
- Holly Creenaune (United Voice)
- Keelia Fitzpatrick (Victorian Trades Hall)
- Maurie Mulheron (NSW Teachers Fed)
- Senator Lee Rhiannon (NSW Greens)
- Senator Doug Cameron (ALP Socialist Left)[2][3]
References
- ↑ Foundation, who we are, accessed Jan. 2, 2014
- ↑ Australian options, Australian Left Renewal Conference – secure jobs in a green future, Posted by Howard Guille on March 26, 2013
- ↑ Australian options, Australian Left Renewal Conference – secure jobs in a green future, Posted by Howard Guille on March 26, 2013