Hon Ged Kearney MP

Hon Ged Kearney MP

Member for Cooper

Positions
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
Party
Australian Labor Party
Chamber
House of Representatives

Seating Plan

Seating map

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

159 High Street
Preston, VIC, 3072

Postal address

159 High Street
Preston, VIC, 3072

Telephone:
(03) 9416 8690

Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 4152

Biography

Parliamentary service
  • Elected to the House of Representatives for Batman, Victoria at by-election 2018, vice the Hon. D Feeney (resigned). Elected to the House of Representatives for Cooper, Victoria following electoral redistribution, 2019. Re-elected 2022.
Ministerial appointments
  • Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care from 1.6.2022.
  • Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health from 29.7.2024.
Committee service
  • House of Representatives Select: Intergenerational Welfare Dependence served from 10.9.2018 to 11.9.2018; Intergenerational Welfare Dependence served as Deputy Chair from 12.9.2018 to 2.4.2019
  • House of Representatives Standing: Economics served from 21.5.2018 to 10.9.2018; Employment, Education and Training served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Tax and Revenue served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022
  • Joint Standing: Trade and Investment Growth served from 23.7.2019 to 24.7.2019; Trade and Investment Growth served as Deputy Chair from 25.7.2019 to 11.4.2022
  • Joint Statutory: Corporations and Financial Services served from 10.9.2018 to 1.7.2019
Parliamentary party positions
  • Australian Labor Party. Served: 17.03.2018 to present
  • Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills from 2.6.2019 to 28.1.2021.
  • Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care from 2.6.2019 to 28.1.2021.
  • Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing from 28.1.2021 to 23.5.2022.
Personal
  • Born: 29.10.1963, East Melbourne, Australia
  • Gender: Female
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
  • BEd (La Trobe University).
  • RN (Mercy Private Hospital).
  • Deputy Director of Nursing at the Clinical Nursing Education Department from 2000 to 2002.
  • Assistant Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation from 2002 to 2008.
  • Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation from 2008 to 2010.
  • President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2010 to 2018.
Electorate
  • Name: Cooper
  • Location: The Division of Cooper consists of: Darebin City Council, part of the Moreland City Council, and part of the Yarra City Council.
  • Area: 60 Sq km
  • Electors enrolled: 110,836 (at 10.6.2019)
  • Industries: Retail, manufacturing, education and training, transport, textiles, clothing and footwear, warehousing, construction and healthcare.

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