Biography

Parliamentary service

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

Ministerial appointments

• Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction from 8.10.2021 to 23.5.2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Health, Aged Care and Sport served from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources served from 14.9.2016 to 11.4.2019; Economics served as Chair from 10.9.2018 to 11.4.2019; Economics served as Chair from 4.7.2019 to 8.10.2021
• Joint Standing: Trade and Investment Growth served from 20.6.2018 to 1.7.2019; Treaties served from 23.7.2019 to 8.10.2021
• Joint Statutory: Intelligence and Security served from 4.7.2019 to 8.10.2021

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 02.07.2016 to 21.05.2022
• Shadow Minister for Small Business from 28.5.2025.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 28.5.2025.
• Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment from 28.5.2025.

Party positions

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

Other positions

• Director of Monyx Education Services from 2002 to 2004.
• Member of the Monash University Council, 2005.
• Member of the Victorian Nursing and Midwifery Board (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) from 2011 to 2013.
• Director of the Alfred Health Board from 2011 to 2014.

Personal

• Born: 12.3.1980, Prahran, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• GradCertEnergy&CarbonMgt (Murdoch University).
• DipBus (Victorian Qualifications Authority).
• MDip&Tde(IntTde) (Monash University).
• BA(PolSt) (Monash University).
• Electorate Officer from 1999 to 2001.
• Vice-President of the Student Union Caulfield, Monash University (Vic.), 2001.
• President of the Student Union Caulfield, Monash University (Vic.) from 2002 to 2003.
• Project Manager for Development at the Australian APEC Study Centre from 2004 to 2006.
• Trade Consultant for ITS Global, 2006.
• Senior Associate at SDA Strategic Communication Consulting from 2007 to 2010.
• Policy Director at the Institute of Public Affairs from 2007 to 2013.
• Principal Consultant at Dynamic Sunrise Consulting from 2007 to 2014.
• Contributor for Melbourne Talk Radio from 2011 to 2012.
• Contributor and Occasional Host for 3AW 693 Talk Radio from 2012 to 2013.
• Human Rights Commissioner from 2014 to 2016.
• Principal Consultant at Dynamic Sunrise Consulting, 2016.

Electorate

• Name: Goldstein
• Location: The Division of Goldstein consists of: Bayside City Council, and part of Glen Eira City Council.
• Area: 50 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 108,514 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: Light industrial and commercial activities and retail trade.

Publications

• Turning Left or Right: Values in Modern Politics (joint ed. with C Carli and P Collits), Connor Court Publishing, Redland Bay, Qld: 2013.
• Rediscovering humility: religious freedom in a 21st century pluralist society, The Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney: 2016.
• The New Social Contract: Renewing the liberal vision for Australia, Kapunda Press, Redland Bay, Qld: 2020.