Greg Barber

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Greg Barber is a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council.

Barber obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and was a corporate campaigner for The Wilderness Society before he was elected to the Yarra City Council in 2002. He was chair of finance of the council, and in 2003 was elected Mayor. He was the first Australian Greens mayor of a local government in the country.

The council's management and finances were restructured and the community encouraged to become more involved in the council's direction; as such, public confidence in the council increased under Barber's mayoralty. The council's legacy under Barber includes increased spending on bicycle paths, combating disability discrimination and tackling exploitation in the sex industry (which included the closure of illegal brothels).

Greg Barber won a seat for the Greens in the Northern Metropolitan Region of the Victorian Legislative Council in the 2006 State election, held on the 25th of November.