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Federal parliamentary service21 years 3 month(s) and 28 days.Duration reported by the Parliamentary Handbook · 28 Oct 2026
Current ministry / shadow entries0Includes office-holder entries such as Cabinet membership; not a count of distinct policy areas.
Parliamentary service
First entered federal Parliament: 1 July 2005.
Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.
1 July 2022 – CurrentSenate
Re-elected 2022
2 July 2016 – 30 June 2022Senate
Re-elected 2016
1 July 2011 – 2 July 2016Senate
Re-elected 2010
1 July 2005 – 30 June 2011Senate
Elected to the Senate for Tasmania 2004.
Current responsibilities
Ministry and shadow ministry
No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.
Parliamentary and party offices
Temporary Chair of Committees25 Nov 2019 – Current
These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.
Background before Parliament
Qualifications recorded by Parliament
Diploma in Business Administration, Launceston Business College
Occupations recorded by Parliament
Adviser to the Premier, the Hon. P Lennon, MHA (Tas.), 2004.
Adviser to the Premier, the Hon. J Bacon, MHA (Tas.) from 1998 to 2004.
Appointment history
View 6 dated office and portfolio entries
Temporary Chair of Committees25 Nov 2019 – Current
Shadow Assistant Minister for Ageing23 July 2016 – 2 June 2019
Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition (Tasmania)23 July 2016 – 2 June 2019
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aged Care18 Oct 2013 – 23 July 2016
Temporary Chair of Committees28 Sept 2010 – 11 Nov 2013
Government Deputy Whip in the Senate27 Sept 2010 – 18 Sept 2013
