Ash Ambihaipahar — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Ashvini "Ash" Ambihaipahar is a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Barton for the Australian Labor Party. She replaced the retired member Linda Burney, securing a four-point swing at the 2025 Australian federal election. Ambihaipahar was born in Australia and is of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. She grew up in Narwee and Hurstville and attended Hurstville Public School and Danebank. She completed a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Anatomy and Histology and Cell Pathology, at the University of Sydney in 2008. She achieved a postgraduate Juris Doctor degree from the University of Technology Sydney in 2013 and has been a practicing solicitor working in the…

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Date of birth: 1987-04-24
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia
APH identifier: 315618

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

Open in full network

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Karen Grogan · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Zaneta Mascarenhas · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Carina Garland · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Louise Miller-Frost · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Jerome Laxale · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Renee Coffey · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Tom French · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Joanne Ryan · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

No senior parliamentary role is listed.

Committee service

No committee service is listed.

Qualifications

Date not recordedPBLTutorCert
Date not recordedJLLD
Date not recordedGradCertLegPrac
Date not recordedBSc

Occupations

Date not recordedSenior Lawyer, the Australian Hotels Association (NSW)
Date not recordedSenior Associate, Hospitality Legal Pty Ltd
Date not recordedScientist/Anatomy Technical Officer at the University of Sydney
Date not recordedRegional Director, St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW)
Date not recordedLegal Counsel, the Electrical Trades Union of Australia
Date not recordedLegal Counsel, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (NSW Branch)

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentElected to the House of Representatives for Barton, New South Wales, 2025.Source

Sources and methodology

Parliament of AustraliaBiography and official service history.WikipediaBiography and official service history.They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures.WikidataIdentity, membership and parliamentary information.WikipediaPublic reporting used for the faction classification.WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.