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Bob Nanva is an Australian trade unionist and politician who is currently serving as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

He previously served as National Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union and as General Secretary of NSW Labor.

Education

Nanva holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Macquarie University.

Career

National Secretary of the RTBU

In 2011, he was appointed National Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU). He also served on the board of the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council. Following criminal charges being laid against CFMEU officials John Setka and John Reardon, Nanva said that Australia's industrial relations conflict had "become an exercise in mutually-assured destruction". In 2015, Nanva criticised the inaugural speech of Labor MP Chris Minns, which called for reduced union influence within the party. In 2016, he was also elected as Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). In 2017, Nanva criticised the resignation of Fair Work Commission vice-president Graeme Watson, calling for new limits on the employment activities of commissioners who resigned from the organisation. In 2019, Nanva resigned as RTBU National Secretary and ceased to be Vice President of the ACTU.

Labor Party

Nanva is a member of the Mulock Nepean Branch of the NSW Labor Party and served as a local councillor on Burwood City Council. He has been a policy advisor to both State and Federal Labor Governments. In 2019, he was appointed as General-Secretary of NSW Labor and served on the party's Administrative Committee and National Executive.

Nanva was endorsed as a Labor candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Council in the 2023 election and was elected.

References

1. "Candidates - Legislative Council Group D: LABOR". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
2. ^ "The Hon. Bob NANVA, MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
3. "Bob Nanva - Member of the Legislative Council". NSW Labor. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
4. ^ "Bob Nanva". NSW Labor. NSW Labor. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
5. "Bob Nanva - ABC News". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
6. Nanva, Bob. "Mutually-Assured Destruction in Australia's IR war". RTBU. Rail Tram and Bus Union. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
7. Nicholls, Sean (13 May 2015). "Union boss Bob Nanva says Labor MPs should be forced to do 'real world' work experience". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
8. "Nanva elected as ACTU Vice President". RTBU. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
9. Kelly, Joe (26 January 2017). "Watson 'undermining FWC'". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
10. Craft, Hannah (21 October 2019). "Mark Diamond appointed as RTBU National Secretary". RTBU Express. Rail, Tram and Bus Union. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
11. Smith, Alexandra; Rabe, Tom (25 January 2023). "NSW Labor boss to shift to upper house after Minns makes captain's pick". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
12. Raper, Ashleigh (25 January 2023). "Senior NSW Labor figure parachuted into parliamentary spot, replacing Khal Asfour". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
13. "Legislative Council Results - NSW Election 2023". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

• Living people
• New South Wales politicians
• Australian trade unionists
• Macquarie University alumni