Kevin James Andrews was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a cabinet minister in the Howard and Abbott governments. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1991 to 2022,representing the Victorian seat of Menzies.
Anna Elizabeth Burke is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2012 to 2013. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),she was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Chisholm from 1998 to 2016.
Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop is an Australian former politician who served as the 29th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia,she served as a senator for New South Wales from 1987 to 1994 after which she became the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Mackellar from 1994 to 2016. During her time in parliament she served as the minister for Defence Industry from 1996 to 1998 and minister for Aged Care from 1998 to 2001 under Prime Minister John Howard.
Gregory Andrew Hunt is an Australian former politician who was the Minister for Health between January 2017 and May 2022. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between November 2001 and 2022,representing the Division of Flinders in Victoria. He has previously served as a parliamentary secretary in the Howard government (2004–2007),Minister for the Environment (2013–2016),Minister for Industry,Innovation and Science (2016–2017),and Minister for Sport (2017).
Catherine Fiona King is an Australian politician serving as the Minister for Infrastructure,Transport,Regional Development and Local Government since 2022 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments in 2013. She served as Shadow Minister of Health from 2013 to 2019 and as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Development from 2019 to 2022.
Sussan Penelope Ley is an Australian politician who has been deputy leader of the Liberal Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition since May 2022. She has been member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales seat of Farrer since 2001 and was a cabinet minister in the Abbott,Turnbull and Morrison governments.
The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria for the Australian House of Representatives. The division covers 41 km2 (16 sq mi) in Melbourne's inner south-eastern suburbs. The main suburbs include Armadale,Ashburton,Carnegie,Glen Iris,Kooyong,Malvern,Malvern East,Murrumbeena,Prahran and Toorak;along with parts of Camberwell,Ormond and South Yarra. Though historically a safe conservative seat,Higgins was won by the Liberal Party by a margin of just 3.9 percent over the Labor Party at the 2019 election,the closest result in the seat’s history. It then flipped to Labor in the 2022 election.
Gareth James Ward is an Australian politician who was the New South Wales Minister for Families,Communities and Disability Services in the second Berejiklian ministry from 2019 to 2021. Ward is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and has represented the seat of Kiama since 2011. He was suspended from NSW parliament in March 2022 until the end of that term in March 2023,after being charged with sexual intercourse without consent,and indecent assault.
Kerryn Lyndel Phelps is an Australian medical practitioner,public health and civil rights advocate,medical educator and former politician.
Kelly Megan O'Dwyer is a former Australian politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019,representing the Liberal Party,and held senior ministerial office from 2015 to 2019.
Sarah Moya Henderson is an Australian politician,lawyer and former journalist. She has been a Senator for Victoria since September 2019,representing the Liberal Party. She previously held the Division of Corangamite in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
Kenneth George Wyatt is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022,representing the Division of Hasluck for the Liberal Party. He is the first Indigenous Australian elected to the House of Representatives,the first to serve as a government minister,and the first appointed to cabinet.
Julia Helen Banks is an Australian lawyer and politician. Elected as the member for Chisholm in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election,Banks was the only candidate for the governing Liberal-National Coalition to win a seat held by an opposition party. The previous member,Labor's Anna Burke,had held the seat since 1998 and did not stand for re-election in 2016. Following the Liberal Party leadership spill in August 2018 that saw Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull replaced by Scott Morrison,Banks stated she would not contest the 2019 federal election;and in November 2018 she announced she had quit the party to become an independent MP and sit on the crossbench. She unsuccessfully contested the seat of Flinders at the 2019 election,pitting her against government frontbencher Greg Hunt.
Dr Fiona Barbouttis Martin is an Australian psychologist and former politician who served as the Member for Reid from 2019,becoming the first woman to represent the seat. She was defeated for re-election in 2022 by Labor's Sally Sitou.
Helen Mary Haines is an Australian politician who has served as the independent MP for the Victorian seat of Indi since the 2019 federal election.
Peta Jan Murphy was an Australian politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 2019 until her death in 2023,representing the Victorian seat of Dunkley for the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
In February and March 2021,a number of allegations involving rape and other sexual misconduct against women involving the Australian Parliament and federal politicians were raised,causing controversy especially for the federal Liberal–National Morrison government.
Allegra Spender is an Australian politician and businesswoman. She is currently the member of parliament for Wentworth,having won the seat at the 2022 Australian federal election. One of a number of centrist community independents who won election on a platform of action on climate change,economic reform,political integrity,and gender equality.
Michelle Renuka Ananda-Rajah is an Australian politician. Ananda-Rajah was elected for the Division of Higgins in the 2022 Australian federal election as a member of the Australian Labor Party. Prior to entering politics,she was a clinician-scientist,and infectious diseases physician.
Zoe McKenzie is an Australian Liberal politician who has served in the House of Representatives since May 2022,representing the Division of Flinders in Victoria. McKenzie was an industrial relations lawyer,international trade specialist and board director prior to election to the Parliament of Australia on 21 May 2023.
