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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anthony Stephen 'Tony' Burke (born 4 November 1969(1969-11-04)) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. He first entered public office in 2003 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. In October 2004 Burke moved from state to federal parliament on being elected to the federal seat of Watson, New South Wales.Tony Burke was educated at Regina Coeli, then at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where he was Vice-Captain, and the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law. An accomplished debater, he was awarded the Martin Sorensen award for best speaker at the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships in 1995.He was a founding director of Aticus Pty Ltd, an advocacy training business across Australia and Asia.From 1997 until 2003, Burke worked as an organiser for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association.