Senator Nita Green

Senator Nita Green

Senator for QLD

Positions
Chair of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
Deputy Chair of Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee
Party
Australian Labor Party
Chamber
Senate

Seating Plan

Seating map

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

141 - 143 Abbott Street
Cairns, QLD, 4870

Postal address

PO Box 4716
Cairns Post Shop, QLD, 4870

Telephone:
(07) 4031 3498

Parliament Office

PO Box 6100
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 3580

Biography

Parliamentary service
  • Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2019.
Committee service
  • Joint Select: Northern Australia served from 6.9.2022 to present; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum served as Chair from 30.3.2023 to 12.5.2023
  • Joint Standing: Northern Australia served from 22.7.2019 to 18.9.2019; Treaties served from 28.7.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 28.7.2022 to present
  • Joint Statutory: Human Rights served from 4.7.2019 to 1.12.2021
  • Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 4.7.2019 to 21.10.2021; Environment and Communications: References served from 4.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served as Substitute member from 28.11.2019 to 8.10.2020; Environment and Communications: Legislation served from 5.12.2019 to 25.7.2022; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served from 13.5.2020 to 17.6.2020; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served from 12.6.2020 to 16.3.2021; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served from 18.6.2020 to 16.3.2021; Community Affairs: Legislation served from 16.3.2021 to 25.7.2022; Community Affairs: References served from 16.3.2021 to 25.7.2022; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served from 28.7.2022 to 19.9.2024; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 28.7.2022 to 2.8.2022; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to 2.8.2022; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served as Chair from 3.8.2022 to present; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served as Deputy Chair from 3.8.2022 to present
  • Senate Select: Administration of Sports Grants served from 5.2.2020 to 18.3.2021; Impact of Climate Risk on Insurance Premiums and Availability served from 16.5.2024 to present
  • Senate Standing: Regulations and Ordinances served from 2.7.2019 to 3.12.2019; Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation served from 4.12.2019 to 21.10.2021
Parliamentary party positions
  • Australian Labor Party. Served: 01.07.2019 to present
  • Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Indo-Pacific Trade Taskforce from August 2019.
Party positions
  • Secretary of Labor for Choice (Qld).
  • Executive Member of Rainbow Labor.
Other positions
  • Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef from 1.6.2022.
Personal
  • Born: 23.6.1983, Camperdown, Australia
  • Gender: Female
  • Marital Status: Married
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
  • BCrArts (University of Wollongong).
  • JLLD (University of Canberra).
  • Adviser to Senator M Watt.
  • Lawyer at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.
  • Industrial Officer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union.

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