Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Fraser, Australian Capital Territory, 2010. Re-elected 2013. Elected to the House of Representatives for Fenner, Australian Capital Territory, 2016, following electoral redistribution. Re-elected 2019.

Parliamentary positions

• from 7.2.2012 to 14.5.2013 (Member, Speaker's Panel from 7.2.12 to 14.5.13).

Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 25.3.2013 to 1.7.2013.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories from 25.10.2010 to 14.5.2013.
• House of Representatives Standing: Economics from 25.10.2010 to 14.5.2013; Publications from 25.10.2010 to 14.5.2013.

Parliamentary party positions

• Shadow Minister for Competition from 18.10.2013 to 23.7.2016.
• Shadow Assistant Treasurer from 18.10.2013 to 2.6.2019.
• Shadow Minister for Competition and Productivity from 23.7.2016 to 2.6.2019.
• Shadow Minister for Charities and Not-for-Profits from 23.7.2016 to 2.6.2019.
• Shadow Minister for Trade in Services from 23.7.2016 to 2.6.2019.
• Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury from 2.6.2019.
• Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities from 2.6.2019.

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1991.

Personal

• Born 3.8.1972, Sydney, Australia
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA(Hons) (University of Sydney)
• LLB(Hons) (University of Sydney)
• FASSA (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia)
• MPA (Harvard University)
• PhD (Harvard University)
• Lawyer, Minter Ellison, Sydney and London 1995-1997
• High Court Associate to Justice Michael Kirby 1997-98
• Senior Trade Adviser to Senator the Hon. PFS Cook 1998-2000
• Research Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute, Washington DC, 2001
• Professor of Economics, Australian National University 2004-10
• Principal Adviser, Australian Treasury 2008-09

Publications

• The prince's new clothes: why do Australians dislike their politicians? (co-editor with D Burchell) University of New South Wales Press Sydney: 2002
• Imagining Australia: ideas for our future (with M Duncan, D Madden and P Tynan) Allen and Unwin Sydney: 2004
• Disconnected University of New South Wales Press Sydney: 2010
• Battlers and billionaires: the story of inequality in Australia Black Inc. Melbourne: 2013
• The economics of just about everything Allen and Unwin Sydney: 2014
• The Luck of Politics: true tales of disaster and outrageous fortune Black Inc. Melbourne: 2015