|
Ley Shadow Ministry
The shadow ministry of Sussan Ley is the shadow cabinet of Australia since May 2025, serving in opposition to the Albanese government. The shadow ministry is the Opposition (Australia), Opposition's alternative to the Second Albanese ministry, Albanese ministry, which was sworn in on 13 May 2025. The shadow ministry was first appointed by Sussan Ley following 2025 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, her election as Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition (Australia), Leader of the Opposition also on 13 May 2025. The National Party of Australia, National Party was the Liberal Party's Liberal–National Coalition, coalition partner until the 2025 Australian federal election, 2025 federal election, and 2025 National Party of Australia leadership spill, re-elected its party leader David Littleproud on 12 May 2025 after the election. Littleproud and senior Nationals members announced on 20 May 2025 that their party would break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussan Ley
Sussan Penelope Ley (pron. , "Susan Lee"; ; born 14 December 1961) is an Australian politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition (Australia), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, leader of the Liberal Party since May 2025, being the first woman to hold either role. Prior to assuming the party leadership, she was the Leader of the Opposition (Australia)#List of deputy leaders of the opposition, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and deputy leader of the Liberal Party. Ley served as a Cabinet of Australia, cabinet minister in the Abbott government, Abbott, Turnbull government, Turnbull and Morrison governments. She also served as a parliamentary secretary in the final term of the Howard government, Howard government. Ley was born in Nigeria to English parents and grew up in the United Arab Emirates and England before moving to Australia as a teenager. Prior to entering politics, she worked as a commercial pilot, farmer and public servant ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Littleproud
David Kelly Littleproud (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian politician who has been the leader of the National Party since May 2022. He has represented the regional Queensland seat of Maranoa since the 2016 federal election and was a cabinet minister in the Turnbull and Morrison governments. Littleproud grew up in Chinchilla, Queensland, the son of former state government minister Brian Littleproud. He worked as an agribusiness banker with NAB and Suncorp before entering politics. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016. Littleproud was appointed to cabinet the following year, subsequently serving as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (2017–2019), Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management (2019–2020), Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management (2020–2021), and Agriculture and Northern Australia (2021–2022). He was elected deputy leader of the Nationals in February 2020 under Michael McCo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie Bell
Angie Marion Bell (born 11 July 1968) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election, representing the Division of Moncrieff in Queensland. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Early life Bell was born in Adelaide. She attended Gawler High School, where she learned the tenor saxophone and came to the attention of jazz musician Don Burrows. She subsequently won a scholarship from Rotary International to study music in Denmark. When she returned to Australia she enrolled in the Elder Conservatorium of Music, studying jazz, saxophone, and voice. Prior to entering politics, Bell worked as a professional musician for 35 years. She also worked as a sales agent across several Australian states before settling in Queensland in 2002, where she worked with the National Retail Association as a consultant and workplace trainer. From 2010 she wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerrynne Liddle
Kerrynne Liddle (born 7 October 1967) is an Australian politician and the first Indigenous federal member of parliament from South Australia. She is an Arrernte woman and member of the Liberal Party. She was elected to the Senate on the party's ticket in South Australia at the 2022 federal election, to a term beginning on 1 July 2022. She was a journalist and corporate manager before entering politics. Early life Liddle was born on 7 October 1967 in Alice Springs. She is one of five children born to Arrernte parents Geoff and Jean Liddle; her father was a construction worker and her mother was a nurse but later worked supporting high school students. Her sister Leanne was the first Indigenous woman to become a police officer in South Australia and her aunt Lorraine Liddle was the first Indigenous person to become a barrister in the Northern Territory. Liddle attended a public high school in Alice Springs and also studied at Katherine Rural College and later Roseworthy Agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Bragg
Andrew James Bragg (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian politician who was elected as a Australian Senate, Senator for New South Wales at the 2019 Australian federal election, 2019 federal election. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party. A member of several committees related to finance and technology, Bragg advocates changes to the Australian retirement system and supports the 2017 ''Uluru Statement from the Heart''. Early life Bragg was born in Melbourne and grew up in Shepparton, Victoria. He played for the Congupna Football Club. He attended local Catholic schools before going on to study accounting at the Australian National University. Bragg's father and three of his grandparents were born in the United Kingdom, and he was a British citizen by descent until renouncing it in December 2017. Career Bragg is a trained accountant who worked in internal audit at Ernst & Young. He then served seven years at the Financial Services Council first in super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McGrath (Australian Politician)
James Anthony McGrath (born 14 May 1974) is an Australian politician and senator for Queensland since 2014. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Following his re-election in 2022, McGrath was appointed as Shadow Assistant Minister for Finance and Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition. Early life McGrath was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He attended Toowoomba State High School and Nambour State High School, the latter known for its alma mater of notable politicians such as Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan. He graduated from Griffith University, where he was President of the Griffith University Liberal Club, with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws. He then completed a Master of Laws at the Queensland University of Technology. He was admitted as a solicitor and worked as an articled clerk in a legal firm before working with the Queensland Parliamentary Ombudsman between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Canavan
Matthew James Canavan (born 17 December 1980) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Australian Senate representing the state of Queensland at the 2013 federal election for the term beginning 1 July 2014. He won re-election at the 2016 election and again at the 2022 Australian federal election. He was the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia between February 2016 and February 2020. He is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits with National Party in federal parliament. In July 2017, amid the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Canavan resigned from Cabinet over doubt as to his eligibility to be a member of the parliament, after discovering that he might be an Italian citizen. After the High Court found in October 2017 that Canavan was not an Italian citizen, he was immediately reappointed to Cabinet. In February 2020, Canavan resigned again from Cabinet to support Barnaby Joyce in his unsuccessful bid for National Party leaders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Landry
Michelle Leanne Landry (née Martin; born 15 October 1962) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election, representing the Division of Capricornia. Landry served as the Assistant Minister for Children and Families (2018–2022) and as the Assistant Minister for Northern Australia (2020–2022) in the Morrison government. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sits with the Nationals in federal parliament. Early life and career Landry was born in Rockhampton, Queensland. She was educated at Hall State School and Rockhampton Girls Grammar. From 1978 to 1985 Landry worked as a pathology and medical biochemistry laboratory assistant. From 1985 to 2007 she worked at the National Australia Bank. She ran a local bookkeeping business from 1999 to 2009. Political career Landry contested the seat of Capricornia for the first time in the 2010 federal election. Her opponent, long-term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Wilson (Australian Politician)
Richard James Wilson (born 2 January 1966) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has represented the Western Australian seat of O'Connor in the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election. He was a farmer before entering politics. Early life Wilson was born on 2 January 1966 in Katanning, Western Australia. He is the youngest of six children born to Mary and Archie Wilson, with his family having lived in the district since 1867. Wilson's father died when he was 14 and he was involved in the running of the family farm from a young age, eventually taking it over in partnership with his brother Allan. He holds a Bachelor of Business in agriculture from Curtin University. Prior to entering politics, Wilson held office in the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia (PGA) as vice-chairman (2000–2008) and chairman (2008–2011) of the Western Graingrowers Committee. During this time he "helped lead the campaign to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party of Australia from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2022. Joyce was the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia during both his leadership tenures under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and Prime Minister Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022. Joyce was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, and graduated from the University of New England. In 1999 he set up an accountancy practice in St George, Queensland. Joyce was elected to the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election, taking office in 2005. He became the National Party's Senate leader in 2008. At the 2013 election, he transferred to the House of Representatives, winning the rural seat of New England in New South Wales. During 2013 Joyce replaced Nigel Scullion as deputy leader of the National Party. He succeeded Warren Truss as party leader and deputy prime minister in 2016. In the Abb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McCormack (Australian Politician)
Michael Francis McCormack (born 2 August 1964) is an Australian politician who served as the 18th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2021 under Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and later Scott Morrison. He was also Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, having previously served as Minister for Defence Personnel and Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia), Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 2017 to 2018. McCormack has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives since 2010, representing the Division of Riverina in New South Wales. He was a newspaper editor before entering politics. Early life McCormack was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales as one of five children born to Eileen Margaret (née Margosis; 1938–2018)Maiden Speech MichaelMcCormack.com.au. Retr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Pasin
Antony "Tony" Pasin (born 1 October 1977) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia for the House of Representatives seat of Barker since the 2013 election. Early life Pasin was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia. His parents were both born in Italy – his mother in San Bartolomeo in Galdo, Benevento, and his father in Fontanelle, Veneto. Pasin has degrees in Law and Economics from Flinders University, and previously served on the Mount Gambier City Council from 2003 to 2010. Parliament In 2012, Pasin defeated incumbent Patrick Secker, 164 votes to 78 votes, for Liberal preselection in Barker, long the safest Liberal seat in South Australia. He breezed to victory at the 2013 election. 2016 election A ReachTEL seat-level opinion poll in the safe Liberal seat of Barker of 869 voters conducted by robocall on 20 June during the 2016 election campaign surprisingly found Nick Xenophon Team candidate James Stacey leading Pasin 52 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
