Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Alicia Payne

House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party

Canberra, ACTFirst elected 2019
Public profile

Biography

Alicia Emma Payne (born 24 July 1982) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represents the Division of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

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Date of birth
1982-07-24
Place of birth
Canberra, Australia
APH identifier
144732

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Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

  • 1 December 2022–presentMember of the Speaker's Panel
  • 1 January 2019–presentSecretary — of the — Australian Labor Party First Nations Caucus Committee

Committee service

  • 28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — National Capital and External Territories — Chair
  • 28 July 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Privileges and Members' Interests
  • 28 July 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Economics
  • 25 February 2021–11 April 2022Joint Statutory — Public Accounts and Audit
  • 25 February 2021–presentJoint Standing — National Disability Insurance Scheme
  • 9 September 2019–27 August 2020Joint Statutory — Public Accounts and Audit

Qualifications

  • 1 January 2004–presentBEc(Hons-Political Economy)

Occupations

  • 1 January 2016–1 January 2018Chief of Staff to Hon. J Macklin MP, Shadow Minister for Social Services from 2016 to 2018.
  • 1 January 2015–1 January 2016Senior Adviser on Social Policy to Hon. W Shorten MP, Leader of the Opposition from 2015 to 2016.
  • 1 January 2010–1 January 2015Policy Analyst at the Commonwealth Treasury from 2010 to 2015.
  • 1 January 2009–1 January 2010Research Adviser to the Hon. L Tanner MP, Minister for Finance from 2009 to 2010.
  • 1 January 2005–1 January 2009Research Fellow at the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling from 2005 to 2009.

Current parliamentary service

  1. 2025 PresentRe-elected 2025Source
  2. 2022 2025Re-elected 2022Source
  3. 2019 2022Elected to the House of Representatives for Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2019.Source

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