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Federal parliamentary service7 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 2019.
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 2025 – CurrentSenate
Re-elected 2025
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2025Senate
Elected to the Senate for New South Wales 2019.
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 Committees26 July 2022 – Current
Chief Government Whip in the Senate9 May 2025 – 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
No qualification is listed in the imported record.
Occupations recorded by Parliament
Chair of the Road Transport Section of the International Transport Workers' Federation from 2014 to 2019.
National Secretary of the Transport Workers' Union of Australia from 2006 to 2019.
Secretary of the Transport Workers' Union of Australia (NSW) from 1999 to 2008.
Vice-President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
Appointment history
View 3 dated office and portfolio entries
Chief Government Whip in the Senate9 May 2025 – Current
Temporary Chair of Committees26 July 2022 – Current
Temporary Chair of Committees26 Aug 2020 – 1 Sept 2020
