Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Goldstein, Victoria, 2016. Re-elected 2019.

Committee service

• Joint Statutory: Intelligence and Security from 4.7.2019.
• Joint Standing: Trade and Investment Growth from 20.6.2018 to 1.7.2019; Treaties from 23.7.2019.
• House of Representatives Standing: Health, Aged Care and Sport from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Social Policy and Legal Affairs from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Economics from 10.9.2018 (Chair from 10.9.2018).

Party positions

• Member of the Liberal Party of Australia (Vic.) from 1998 to 2013.
• Chair of the Liberal Party Burwood State Electorate Council from 2002 to 2005.
• Chair of the Liberal Party Burwood State Electorate Council from 2008 to 2010.
• Convenor of the Liberal Party Book Club from 2009 to 2013.
• Chair of the Liberal Party Southern Metropolitan Region Committee from 2010 to 2013.
• Member of the Liberal Party of Australia (Vic.) from 2016.

Personal

• Born 12.3.1980, Prahan, Australia
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• GradCertEnergy&CarbonMgt (Murdoch University)
• DipBus (Victorian Qualifications Authority)
• MDip&Tde(IntTde) (Monash University)
• BA(Polcy St) (Monash University)
• Electorate Officer, Parliament of Victoria, 1999-2001
• Vice President, Monash University Student Union Caulfield, 2001
• President, Monash University Student Union Caulfield, 2002
• President, Monash University Student Union Caulfield, 2003
• Project Manager, Australian APEC Study Centre (Development), 2004-06
• Trade Consultant, ITS Global, 2006
• Senior Associate, SDA Strategic communication consulting, 2007-10
• Policy director, Institute of Public Affairs, 2007-13
• Principal consultant, Dynamic Sunrise Consulting, 2007-14
• Contributor, Melbourne Talk Radio, 2011-12
• Contributor and occasional host, 3AW 693 Talk Radio, 2012-13
• Australia's Human Rights Commissioner, 2014-16
• Principal consultant, Dynamic Sunrise Consulting, 2016

Electorate

• Description: Goldstein
• Location: south-eastern Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Beaumaris, Bentleigh (part), Black Rock, Brighton East, Caulfield South, Cheltenham (part), Elsternwick (part), Glen Huntly (part), Hampton, Hampton East, Highett (part), Ormond (part) and Sandringham.
• Area: 50 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 104,931 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: mainly residential; light industrial and commercial activities.

Publications

• Turning Left or Right: Values in Modern Politics (joint ed. with C Carli and P Collits), Australia, Connor Court Publishing: 2013