Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for New South Wales, 2019.

Ministerial appointments

• Assistant Minister for Trade from 1.6.2022.
• Assistant Minister for Manufacturing from 1.6.2022.

Committee service

• Joint Select: Australia's Family Law System served from 19.9.2019 to 15.10.2019; Parliamentary Standards served from 14.2.2022 to 29.11.2022
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Trade and Investment Growth served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Treaties served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022
• Joint Statutory: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 2.7.2019 to 1.6.2022; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served from 2.7.2019 to 1.6.2022; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 2.7.2019 to 9.2.2020; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 5.2.2020 to 6.2.2020; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served as Deputy Chair from 7.2.2020 to 1.6.2022; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Chair from 10.2.2020 to 1.6.2022; Community Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 1.9.2021 to 1.9.2021
• Senate Select: Jobs for the Future in Regional Areas served from 1.8.2019 to 4.12.2019
• Senate Standing: Senators' Interests served from 28.7.2022 to present

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party National Executive from April 2011.

Personal

• Born: 18.12.1973, Sydney, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (IndRel) (University of Sydney).
• Organiser for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (NSW/ACT Branch) from 1996 to 2004.
• Assistant Secretary for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (NSW/ACT Branch) from 2004 to 2010.
• Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (NSW/ACT Branch) from 2010 to 2017.