Biography

Parliamentary service

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

Ministerial appointments

• Cabinet Secretary from 14.9.2010 to 4.2.2013.
• Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency from 14.9.2010 to 4.2.2013.
• Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation from 14.12.2011 to 4.2.2013.
• Attorney-General from 4.2.2013 to 18.9.2013.
• Minister for Emergency Management from 4.2.2013 to 18.9.2013.
• Cabinet Minister from 14.2.2013 to 18.9.2013.
• Special Minister of State from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.
• Minister for the Public Service and Integrity from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.

Committee service

• Joint Statutory: Intelligence and Security from 12.3.2008 to 19.7.2010; Intelligence and Security from 26.11.2014 to 9.5.2016; Intelligence and Security from 15.9.2016.
• House of Representatives Standing: Climate Change, Environment and the Arts from 19.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 19.2.2008 to 19.7.2010 (Chair from 13.3.2008 to 19.7.2010); Environment from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Social Policy and Legal Affairs from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016.

Parliamentary party positions

• Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House from 18.10.2013 to 2.6.2019.
• Shadow Minister for the Arts from 18.10.2013 to 23.7.2016.
• Shadow Attorney-General from 18.10.2013.
• Shadow Minister for National Security from 23.7.2016 to 2.6.2019.
• Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform from 2.6.2019.

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1979.
• President of the Australian Labor Party Collingwood Branch, 1985.
• Chair of the Australian Labor Party Review Panel (Vic.), 1998.
• Chair of the Australian Labor Party National Policy Committee from 2008 to 2009.

Other positions

• Appointed Queen's Counsel from 1999.

Personal

• Born 3.10.1956, Perth, Australia
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (University of Melbourne).
• LLB (University of Melbourne).
• Field officer of the Northern Land Council, Darwin, from 1979 to 1981.
• Research Fellow at the National Research Institute of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 1982.
• Solicitor from 1982 to 1985.
• Ministerial adviser to the Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Minister for Corrections (Vic.) from 1985 to 1987.
• Barrister from 1987 to 2007.

Electorate

• Name: Isaacs
• Location: The Division of Isaacs consists of: part of the Greater Dandenong City Council, and part of the Kingston City Council.
• Area: 155 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 108,297 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: Light manufacturing, aviation and retail.