Kevin James Andrews is a former Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He was the Member of House of Representatives for the seat of Menzies from a by-election in 1991 until the 2022 Australian federal election. Andrews is a conservative and a Catholic.
Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop is an Australian former politician. She was a member of federal parliament for almost 30 years,the longest period of service by a woman. A member of the Liberal Party,she was a minister in the Howard Government from 1996 to 2001 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
Joseph Benedict Hockey is a former Australian politician and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament for North Sydney from 1996 until 2015. He was the Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott Government from 18 September 2013 until September 2015 when he resigned from Cabinet,having refused an alternative offer from the incoming Prime Minister,Malcolm Turnbull. He previously served as the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations in the Howard Government. He also served as Ambassador of Australia to the United States from January 2016 until January 2020.
Peter Neil Slipper is a former Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1987 and from 1993 to 2013,representing the Division of Fisher in Queensland. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012. He is the current bishop in Australia for the Catholic Apostolic Church of Australia (ICAB) a mission of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church and an honorary consul for Brazil in Australia.
William Daniel Heffernan,is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Senate representing the state of New South Wales from September 1996 to May 2016.
Russell Evan Broadbent is an Australian politician who is a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives,representing the Division of Monash. He is one of the longest-serving current members of parliament,having served from 1990 to 1993,1996 to 1998,and since 2004. In February 2022,he made headlines after promoting Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 in Parliament,claiming that he and his wife had taken it after testing positive to the virus. He is one of a handful of Australian MPs who have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccination.
Alexander George Hawke is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Immigration,Citizenship,Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs from 2020 to 2022 in the Morrison Government. Hawke has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitchell since 2007,representing the Liberal Party.
Joseph Guerino Tripodi,a former Australian politician,was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Fairfield for the Labor Party between 1995 and 2011. He was Minister for Finance,Infrastructure,Regulatory Reform,Ports and Waterways under former Premier Nathan Rees. He was a controversial figure during his time in politics,known as a factional boss,within the NSW Labor Right whose Terrigals sub-faction has twice dumped the sitting Labor Premier during 2007 and 2010. On 11 November 2010,he announced his decision to not contest the 2011 state election. Tripodi had his membership of the Labor Party terminated in June 2014 after the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found that Tripodi acted in corrupt conduct by deliberately failing to disclose to his Cabinet colleagues his awareness of the Obeid family's financial interests in Circular Quay leases. In 2016 ICAC made a second finding of corruption against Tripodi for leaking confidential Treasury information to benefit Nathan Tinkler's business interests,and recommended charges. In 2017 ICAC made a third finding of corruption against Tripodi for using his ministerial position to try to award a government water contract to benefit the Obeid family.
John Joseph Della Bosca is an Australian former politician,representing the Labor Party in the New South Wales Legislative Council. From 1999 to 2009,Della Bosca served a range of ministerial portfolios,including Minister for Health and Minister for the Central Coast in the NSW State Government.
Paul Bernard Gibson,is an Australian former politician and former rugby league footballer. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,and represented the electorates of Blacktown between 1999 and 2011 and the electorate of Londonderry from 1988 to 1999,for the Labor Party.
Edward Moses Obeid is a retired Australian politician,and convicted criminal,who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1991 and 2011,representing the Labor Party. He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Mineral Resources from 1999–2003. Prior to the March 2015 expiry of his term in the Legislative Council,Obeid announced his decision to retire early on 10 May 2011,citing family reasons.
Grant Anthony McBride was an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of The Entrance on the New South Wales Central Coast for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2011.
Anthony John Roberts is an Australian politician. He is the New South Wales Minister for Planning and the Minister for Homes in the Perrottet ministry since December 2021. Roberts is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lane Cove for the Liberal Party since 2003.
Craig Robert Thomson is an Australian former trade union official and a former politician implicated in the Health Services Union expenses affair.
Stuart Rowland Robert is an Australian Liberal Party politician who served as Minister for Employment,Workforce,Skills,Small and Family Business from 2021 to 2022,following his appointment as Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2019. He was also appointed Acting Minister for Education and Youth in December 2021 and is a Member of Parliament (MP) for Fadden,since 2007.
Stephen James Irons is an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the electoral Division of Swan in Western Australia from the 2007 federal election to his retirement at the 2022 federal election.
Jamie Edward Briggs is a former Australian politician,who represented the House of Representatives seat of Mayo for the Liberal Party of Australia from the 2008 Mayo by-election to the 2 July 2016 federal election. Briggs was promoted from a shadow parliamentary secretary role to the outer ministry upon the 2013 election of the Abbott Government. He remained in the outer ministry,though with a change in portfolio in the Turnbull Government;however,he quit the ministry and moved to the backbench in late 2015 following inappropriate conduct during an official overseas trip. Briggs lost his seat in the 2016 federal election to Nick Xenophon Team candidate Rebekha Sharkie.
George Robert Christensen is a former Australian politician and former journalist who was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022,as the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Dawson. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the National Party in federal parliament,prior to leaving the party in April 2022 to join One Nation,just days before the end of his parliamentary term.
Timothy Logan McCurdy is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010,representing Murray Valley until 2014 and Ovens Valley thereafter. He was the shadow minister for sport,veterans,gaming and liquor control until March 2018,stepping down in light of the decision of Victoria Police to formally charge McCurdy with fraud offences. The charges were dismissed in the Victorian County Court in April 2021 due to lack of evidence. McCurdy returned to the Shadow Cabinet after the 2022 Victorian Election as the Shadow Minister for Water and Consumer Affairs.
Benjamin Roberts-Smith is an Australian businessman and a former Australian Army soldier. The Victoria Cross (VC) in 2011 and the Medal for Gallantry (MG) in 2006 made Roberts-Smith the most highly decorated serving member of the Australian Defence Force. He was also awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Service for leadership as a patrol commander in 2012.
