Julian Hill | |
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| Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs | |
| Assumed office 29 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Minister | Tony Burke |
| Preceded by | New title |
| Member of Parliament for Bruce | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Griffin |
| 4th Mayor of Port Phillip | |
| In office 9 March 2000 –10 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Dick Gross |
| Succeeded by | Darren Ray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Julian Christopher Hill Melbourne,Victoria,Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Alma mater | Monash University Deakin University |
| Occupation | Politician Public servant |
| Website | www |
Julian Christopher Hill is an Australian politician who is as of July 2016 serving as an Australian Labor Party (ALP) Member of Parliament for Bruce in the House of Representatives. Hill was previously the fourth Mayor of Port Phillip and was elected to parliament at the 2016 federal election,where he succeeded Alan Griffin. He was appointed Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship [1] [2] following a ministerial reshuffle on July 29,2024. [3] [4]
Before entering Parliament,Hill was the youngest councillor elected to the City of Port Phillip in 1999,and in 2000 became the City's youngest Mayor,serving two terms from 2000 to 2002. Hill was re-elected to serve another term as Councilor of the City in 2002 and served until 2005. Hill then forged a senior executive career in the Victorian Public Service,serving under Labor and Liberal Governments.
Julian Christopher Hill was raised by his mother after his father,a medical doctor,died when he was four years old. [5] He has described how his mother,a nurse and midwife by profession,instilled in him the values of "responsibility,hard work and compassion". [6]
He grew up in the east Melbourne suburb of Burwood and attended Wesley College from 1985 to 1990. He obtained a Bachelor of Science (chemistry) and a Bachelor of Laws degrees from Monash University in 2000,and a Graduate Certificate of International Relations from Deakin University in 2015.[ citation needed ]
Hill is one of only a handful of Federal Australian parliamentarians with a science degree,and has spoken of his "love of science as a kid ... growing up,one of my favourite possessions,and I had to get a few of them,was the old chemistry set." [7]
He became a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors,and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia in 2012. [8] [9]
Hill started his career as an electorate officer and adviser for his predecessor Alan Griffin in 1995. From 2002 until his election to parliament in 2016,he worked as a senior public servant for the Victorian Government in the Departments of Transport,Sustainability and Environment,Planning and Community Development,and Economic Development,Jobs,Transport and Resources. [8]
In 1999 Hill was elected a councillor of the City of Port Phillip and re-elected for a second term in 2002. In 2000 he was elected as the youngest ever mayor of the city at the age of 25 and served two terms. [10] [11]
As mayor,Hill led the city through a period of enormous and rapid change,including a development boom as inner city bayside suburbs rapidly gentrified. Hill led high-profile initiatives in the municipality which generated metropolitan attention,including transport planning,parking management,complex social policy reforms and the Greening Port Phillip program. As mayor,Hill signed the first friendship agreement between an Australian local government and an East Timorese town. Founded on the principles of community development,the Friends of Suai celebrated its 20th year in 2020. [12] [13] [14]
In 2000,an article in The Age stated that " far from hiding his light in local government Hill is fast becoming the most outspoken Mayor in Melbourne." Questioned about being a young high-profile councilor and mayor,Hill commented that "[t]here is something insidious about saying,'Aren't you too young to be doing this job?' It is the other end of the scale from saying,'Oh,you're 60,your brain must be soft.'" [15]
Hill was elected as the 5th Member for Bruce at the Federal election on 2 July 2016,defeating high profile Liberal candidate Helen Kroger. Hill achieved a swing of 2.28% to Labor and a margin of 4.08%. Hill was re-elected in 2019 and 2022. [16]
In 2018,as part of a redistribution altering electoral boundaries,media reports suggested Hill was the biggest beneficiary. [17] He was reelected in 2019. [18]
In 2023,Hill made a speech in Parliament that was partially written by OpenAI's ChatGPT. In the speech,Hill commented on the potentially destructive elements of the technology,stating that it had the ability to cause mass destruction. [19]
Hill was the chair of the Australian Parliament's Joint Statutory Committee of Public Accounts and Audit [20] from August 2022 until his appointment as Assistant Minister in July 2024. [21] [22] This Committee oversees the Commonwealth Auditor-General,the Parliamentary Budget Office and interrogates the Australian Government's expenditure,performance and financial statements. [23]
Hill made it clear in his maiden speech he held strong views against the monarchy. In December 2019,he addressed the chamber on the issue,stating that when he was first elected it was a confronting moment for him to take an oath of allegiance to a foreigner. He spoke of feeling like a cheap traitor,going as far as stating that he crossed his fingers when taking his oath of allegiance. [24]
In his first speech Hill stated:"I am conscious that as a rainbow Labor member my election is a very small step to adding to the diversity of this parliament,and I am proud to see more LGBTI Australians in this parliament than the last." [25] He is a member of Labor's Left faction. [26] Hill has championed Australian multiculturalism and spoken up about the importance of Australia embracing its human diversity to ensure future success;whether that be on the grounds of race,gender,sexuality or religion. [27]
Hill was heavily criticised by representatives of the International Education industry after a 'train wreck' interview,where he responded to claims of government incompetence by '(making) no apology' for his championing of catastrophic 'reforms' to the regulation of the sector. [28]
Hill is gay,and has spoken of two former long-term partners,Lorien and David. [5] [29]
Hill has spoken in Parliament about "the enormous privilege and authentic human experience" he had nursing his mother at home for the 10 months before her death,after she was diagnosed with an incurable cancer in 2008. [30] [31]
Hill campaigned for amendment to Australian prescription drug laws following an incident in 2017 which left his daughter Elanor with a 64 cm blood clot after she was prescribed the oral contraceptive Diane-35 to use as an acne medication,which was not approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. [32]
Hill's brother and only sibling was the actor and independent filmmaker Damian Hill,best known for writing and acting in the 2016 film Pawno . [33] Damian died on 22 September 2018. [34] Julian Hill presented the inaugural Damian Hill Independent Film Award,named in honour of his brother,at the 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival. [35]
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