Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Melbourne, Victoria, 2010. Re-elected 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022. Defeated at general elections 2025.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Selection served from 20.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Economics served from 15.9.2016 to 11.4.2022; Environment and Energy served from 10.5.2017 to 5.2.2018; Selection served from 1.8.2022 to 22.3.2023
• Joint Select: Australia's Immigration Detention Network served from 1.7.2011 to 30.3.2012; Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation served from 13.9.2011 to 7.10.2011

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Greens. Served: 21.08.2010 to 03.05.2025
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Employment and Workplace Relations; Emergency Services; Banking; Innovation and Industry, including High Speed Rail, Science and Research; Assisting on Climate and Energy; House of Representatives Reform from 1.7.2011 to 1.7.2014.
• Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens from 13.4.2012 to 6.5.2015.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Employment and Workplace Relations; Finance; Innovation; Industry and Science from 1.7.2014 to 25.5.2015.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Treasury; Employment and Workplace Relations; Innovation; Industry and Science; Arts from 25.5.2015 to 15.9.2015.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Treasury, Employment and Workplace Relations; Industry, Energy and Science; Arts from 15.9.2015 to 25.8.2016.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Change; Energy; Employment and Workplace Relations; Science, Research and Innovation from 25.8.2016 to 5.7.2019.
• Co-Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens from 10.11.2017 to 4.2.2020.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Change and Energy, Employment and Workplace Relations, Science, Research and Innovation and Public Sector from 5.7.2019 to 9.9.2020.
• Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens from 4.2.2020 to 15.5.2025.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Emergency, Energy, Employment and Workplace Relations and Public Sector from 9.9.2020 to 15.9.2021.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Emergency, Energy, Employment and Workplace Relations from 15.9.2021 to 17.6.2022.
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Change, Energy and Workplace Relations from 17.6.2022.

Party positions

• National Convener of the Australian Greens, 2009.

Personal

• Born: 11.3.1972, Adelaide, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• PhD (Monash University).
• BA(Hons) (Murdoch University).
• Research officer for the Swinburne Student Union, 1996.
• Research officer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Student Union, 1997.
• Solicitor and Partner at Slater and Gordon from 1997 to 2008.
• Barrister from 2008 to 2010.

Electorate

• Name: Melbourne
• Location: The Division of Melbourne consists of: part of the Melbourne City Council, part of the Moonee Valley City Council, part of the Moreland City Council, and part of the Yarra City Council.
• Area: 40 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 107,572 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: Professional, scientific and technical services, financial services, accommodation and food services, health care, education and training, retail and manufacturing.