Mr Joe McCracken
Meet Joe
Prior to entering Parliament, Joe worked in the family run pub. While he studied at University and afterwards he worked as a tax accountant, focussing on small businesses and farmers. Joe retrained as a teacher and worked in that field for 10 years. He was head of the Humanities department, careers coordinator and mentor induction coordinator. He also served as a councillor for Colac-Otway shire between 2016-2022, serving as Mayor in 2017-18, and Deputy Mayor 2018-2020.
He was born, educated, and has worked his entire adult life in Western Victoria. His motivation is to represent his community and make it better for current and future generations, particularly for our young people. This is what prompted him to run for Parliament.
Joe’s priority as a Member of Parliament is to fairly and fiercely represent his community. His grandmother had always said “you were given two ears and one mouth - use them in those proportions”, so he sees a big part of his role as listening, learning and supporting his community as best he can.
He is particularly interested in:
- Local Government
- Education
- Economic Development
- Roads
- Population
- Regulatory reform
Positions
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Opposition Whip in Legislative Council since October 2023
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Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Economic Development since December 2022
Committee memberships
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Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the 2026 Commonwealth Games Bid since August 2023
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Member, Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee since February 2023
Electorate
Western Victoria
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Other members for this area
Each region is made up of 11 districts, which have one member each.
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Michaela Settle | Eureka | Australian Labor Party
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Roma Britnell | South-West Coast | Liberal Party
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Richard Riordan | Polwarth | Liberal Party
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Steve McGhie | Melton | Australian Labor Party
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Chris Couzens | Geelong | Australian Labor Party
Allowances, budget and international travel reports
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2024–2025
- Quarter 1 (Jul–Sep)
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2023–2024
- Quarter 4 (Apr–Jun)
- Quarter 3 (Jan–Mar)
- Quarter 2 (Oct–Dec)
- Quarter 1 (Jul–Sep)
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2022–2023
- Quarter 4 (Apr–Jun)
- Quarter 3 (Jan–Mar)
- Quarter 2 (Oct–Dec)
Register of Interests
Historical information
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26 November 2022 -
2022 - current
Electorate represented
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Western Victoria since 26 November 2022
Party represented
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Liberal Party since 26 November 2022
Positions held
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Opposition Whip in Legislative Council since 3 October 2023
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Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Economic Development since 18 December 2022
Committee membership history
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Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the 2026 Commonwealth Games Bid since 2 August 2023
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Member, Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee since 22 February 2023
Electorate office
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