Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Corio, Victoria, 2007. Re-elected 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022.

Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry from 9.6.2009 to 14.9.2010.
• Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs from 14.9.2010 to 22.3.2013.
• Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 5.3.2012 to 22.3.2013.
• Minister for Trade from 1.7.2013 to 18.9.2013.
• Cabinet Minister from 1.7.2013 to 18.9.2013.
• Deputy Prime Minister from 23.5.2022.
• Cabinet Minister from 23.5.2022.
• Minister for Employment from 23.5.2022 to 1.6.2022.
• Minister for Defence from 1.6.2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs served as Chair from 19.2.2008 to 15.6.2009; Employment and Workplace Relations served from 19.2.2008 to 15.6.2009; Economics served from 19.2.2008 to 15.6.2009
• Joint Select: DisabilityCare Australia served from 19.6.2013 to 5.8.2013
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 14.5.2013 to 9.5.2016; Treaties served as Chair from 14.5.2013 to 5.8.2013

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 24.11.2007 to present
• Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection from 18.10.2013 to 23.7.2016.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 18.10.2013 to 23.5.2022.
• Shadow Minister for Defence from 23.7.2016 to 28.1.2021.
• Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 30.5.2019 to 23.5.2022.
• Shadow Minister for National Reconstruction, Employment, Skills and Small Business from 28.1.2021 to 23.5.2022.
• Shadow Minister for Science from 28.1.2021 to 23.5.2022.
• Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party from 30.5.2019.

Party positions

• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2004.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party International Projects from 2006 to 2009.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2007.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2009.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2011.

Personal

• Born: 13.7.1967, Melbourne, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BSc (University of Melbourne).
• LLB(Hons) (University of Melbourne).
• Solicitor from 1993 to 1994.
• Legal Officer for the Transport Workers' Union from 1994 to 1998.
• Assistant Secretary of the Transport Workers' Union from 1998 to 2000.
• Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2000 to 2007.

Electorate

• Name: Corio
• Location: The Division of Corio consists of part of the Greater Geelong City Council.
• Area: 773 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 110,304 (at 5.6.2019)
• Industries: Health and allied services, education and research, manufacturing, tourism, agribusiness, construction and business services.

Publications

• Ties that bind: Australia in the Pacific, Monash University Publishing, Clayton, Vic.: 2021.