Ged Kearney — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Gerardine Mary "Ged" Kearney (born 29 October 1963) is an Australian politician and trade unionist who is a member of the Australian Parliament for the Division of Cooper. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Since 2025, Kearney has served as Assistant Minister for Social Services and Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence in the Albanese government. Kearney has been a member of the House of Representatives since March 2018, formerly representing the Division of Batman. Prior to entering politics, she served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2010 to 2018.

Adapted and shortened from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Date of birth: 1963-10-29
Place of birth: East Melbourne, Australia
APH identifier: LTU

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)
Gordon Reid · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Josh Dolega · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Daniel Mulino · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Julian Hill · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

13 May 2025–presentAssistant Minister — for — Social Services
13 May 2025–presentAssistant Minister — for — Prevention of Family Violence
29 July 2024–13 May 2025Assistant Minister — for — Indigenous Health
1 June 2022–13 May 2025Assistant Minister — for — Health and Aged Care
28 January 2021–23 May 2022Shadow Assistant Minister — for — Health and Ageing
2 June 2019–28 January 2021Shadow Assistant Minister — for — Skills
2 June 2019–28 January 2021Shadow Assistant Minister — for — Aged Care

Committee service

23 July 2019–11 April 2022Joint Standing — Trade and Investment Growth — Deputy Chair
22 July 2019–11 April 2022House of Representatives Standing — Tax and Revenue
22 July 2019–11 April 2022House of Representatives Standing — Employment, Education and Training
10 September 2018–1 July 2019Joint Statutory — Corporations and Financial Services
10 September 2018–2 April 2019House of Representatives Select — Intergenerational Welfare Dependence — Deputy Chair
21 May 2018–10 September 2018House of Representatives Standing — Economics

Qualifications

Date not recordedRN
Date not recordedBEd

Occupations

1 January 2010–1 January 2018President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2010 to 2018.
1 January 2008–1 January 2010Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation from 2008 to 2010.
1 January 2002–1 January 2008Assistant Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation from 2002 to 2008.
1 January 2000–1 January 2002Deputy Director of Nursing at the Clinical Nursing Education Department from 2000 to 2002.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Elected to the House of Representatives for Cooper, Victoria following electoral redistribution, 2019.Source
2018 — 2019Elected to the House of Representatives for Batman, Victoria at by-election 2018, vice the Hon. D Feeney (resigned).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.