Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Reid, New South Wales, 2013. Re-elected 2016. Retired prior to general elections 2019.

Parliamentary positions

• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 10.9.2018 to 11.4.2019.

Ministerial appointments

• Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs from 18.2.2016 to 19.7.2016.
• Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science from 19.7.2016 to 20.12.2017.
• Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation from 20.12.2017 to 28.8.2018.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Economics served as Chair from 13.10.2015 to 18.2.2016; Economics served from 19.2.2016 to 24.2.2016; Economics served from 10.9.2018 to 11.4.2019
• Joint Select: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse served from 20.9.2018 to 2.4.2019
• Joint Standing: Migration served from 4.12.2013 to 13.10.2015
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 4.12.2013 to 2.3.2016; Corporations and Financial Services served from 7.9.2015 to 2.3.2016

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 07.09.2013 to 11.04.2019
• Member of the Coalition Backbench Committee on Small Business from 2013.
• Member of the Coalition Backbench Committee on Economics and Finance from 2013.
• Member of the Coalition Backbench Committee on Immigration from 2013.

Personal

• Born: 16.2.1971, Sydney, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BEc&Fin (University of New South Wales).
• Hotelier.

Electorate

• Name: Reid
• Location: inner west Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Abbotsford, Auburn (part), Burwood, Cabarita, Chiswick, Concord, Croydon, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Homebush, Lidcombe (part), Mortlake, Newington, Rodd Point, Russell Lea, Silverwater, Strathfield, Sydney Olympic Park and Wareemba.
• Area: 55 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 105,549 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: Light industry, commercial retail including Sydney Markets, engineering works, wholesale and retail trades.
• Includes: