Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Hawke, Victoria, 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Economics served from 28.7.2022 to present
• Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served from 28.7.2022 to present
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 28.7.2022 to 22.6.2023; Public Accounts and Audit served from 1.8.2023 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Party positions

• Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (Vic.) from 2016 to 2019.

Personal

• Born: 29.9.1986, Canberra, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Partner

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BSc(For) (Australian National University).
• PostGradDipMgt (Melbourne Business School).
• MBA (Melbourne Business School).
• Hospitality worker from 2002 to 2004.
• Factory labourer from 2004 to 2005.
• Call centre phone operator from 2005 to 2007.
• Childcare worker, 2005.
• Policy Advisor for the National Association of Forest Industries from 2007 to 2009.
• Advisor and Electorate Officer for the Hon Senator Stephen Conroy from 2009 to 2015.
• Director of Research and Tactics for Victorian Labor from 2015 to 2016.
• State Secretary and Campaign Director for Victorian Labor from 2016 to 2019.
• Partner at PwC from 2019 to 2021.