Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Flinders, Victoria, 2001. Re-elected 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Retired prior to general elections 2022.

Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage from 26.10.2004 to 30.1.2007.
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 30.1.2007 to 3.12.2007.
• Minister for the Environment from 18.9.2013 to 19.7.2016.
• Cabinet Minister from 18.9.2013 to 23.5.2022.
• Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science from 19.7.2016 to 24.1.2017.
• Minister for Health from 24.1.2017 to 22.12.2020.
• Minister for Sport from 24.1.2017 to 20.12.2017.
• Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Cabinet from 29.5.2019 to 22.12.2020.
• Minister for Health and Aged Care from 22.12.2020 to 23.5.2022.

Acting Ministries

• Acting Minister for Cities and the Built Environment from 29.12.2015 to 18.2.2016.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Environment and Heritage served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Ageing served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts served from 3.2.2010 to 10.2.2010
• Joint Standing: Treaties served from 5.6.2002 to 31.8.2004
• Joint Statutory: Corporations and Financial Services served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 10.11.2001 to 11.04.2022
• Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water from 6.12.2007 to 22.9.2008.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 6.12.2007 to 18.9.2013.
• Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water from 22.9.2008 to 8.12.2009.
• Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage from 8.12.2009 to 18.9.2013.

Party positions

• Member of the Liberal Party from 1994.

Personal

• Born: 18.11.1965, Frankston, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Captain.
• MA (Yale University).
• Schell Centre for Human Rights Fellowship, Yale Law School.
• University Prize, Final Year Thesis.
• Fellowship.
• BA(Hons) (University of Melbourne).
• LLB(Hons) (University of Melbourne).
• Articled Clerk at Malleson Stephen Jacques from 1991 to 1992.
• Associate to the Chief Justice of the Australian Federal Court, 1992.
• Fulbright Scholar and Teaching Assistant at Yale University from 1992 to 1994.
• Senior Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. A Downer, MP from 1994 to 1995.
• Senior Adviser to the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. A Downer, MP from 1995 to 1996.
• Senior Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. A Downer, MP from 1996 to 1998.
• Chief of the Australian Electoral Observer Mission to Cambodia, 1998.
• Senior Fellow at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Melbourne (Vic.) from 1998 to 1999.
• Engagement Manager at McKinsey and Co. from 1999 to 2001.
• Director of Strategy at the World Economic Forum, Geneva from 2000 to 2001.

Electorate

• Name: Flinders
• Location: The Division of Flinders consists of: part of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, and the unincorporated areas of Elizabeth, French, and Sandstone Islands.
• Area: 871 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 110,703 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: Healthcare, retail, dairy farms, fishing, poultry, orchards, light industries, education and training, wineries, and tourism.