Matt Keogh

Parliamentary service

First entered federal Parliament: 2 July 2016.

Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.

1. 3 May 2025 – CurrentHouse of Representatives

   Re-elected 2025

2. 21 May 2022 – 3 May 2025House of Representatives

   Re-elected 2022

3. 18 May 2019 – 21 May 2022House of Representatives

   Re-elected 2019

4. 2 July 2016 – 18 May 2019House of Representatives

   Elected to the House of Representatives for Burt, Western Australia, 2016.

Current responsibilities

Ministry and shadow ministry

• Minister for Veterans' Affairs1 June 2022 – CurrentAlbanese Ministry (2nd)
• Minister for Defence Personnel1 June 2022 – CurrentAlbanese Ministry (2nd)

Parliamentary and party offices

No additional current parliamentary or party office is recorded in this import.

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

• Bachelor of Arts (Politics and History) Honours, University of Notre Dame
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Notre Dame

Occupations recorded by Parliament

• Director at the Law Council of Australia, 2015.
• President of the Law Society of Western Australia, 2015.
• Commercial Lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills from 2011 to 2016.
• Prosecutor at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions from 2006 to 2011.
• Solicitor at Travers and Keogh from 2005 to 2006.
• Liaison Officer for the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure (WA), 2003.
• Policy Officer at the Department of Premier and Cabinet (WA) from 2003 to 2005.
• Senior Customer Service Officer for iiNet from 2000 to 2002.

Appointment history