Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Helen Haines

House of Representatives · Independent

Indi, VICFirst elected 2019
Public profile

Biography

Helen Mary Haines (born 21 September 1961) is an Australian politician who has served as the independent MP for the Victorian seat of Indi since the 2019 federal election.

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Date of birth
1961-09-21
Place of birth
Colac, Australia
APH identifier
282335

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    Parliamentary and professional history

    Current and senior roles

    • 23 July 2025–presentMember of the Speaker's Panel

    Committee service

    • 1 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport
    • 1 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Appropriations and Administration
    • 15 March 2021–17 February 2022House of Representatives Standing — Environment and Energy — Supplementary member
    • 18 September 2019–11 April 2022Joint Standing — National Broadband Network
    • 29 July 2019–15 March 2022House of Representatives Select — Regional Australia
    • 24 July 2019–29 July 2019House of Representatives Standing — Employment, Education and Training

    Qualifications

    • Date not recordedPhD (MedSc)
    • Date not recordedMPH
    • Date not recordedGrad(AICD)
    • Date not recordedBNursing

    Occupations

    • 1 January 2018–1 January 2019Executive Director for Education and Research at Northeast Health, Wangaratta from 2018 to 2019.
    • 1 January 2018–1 January 2019Company director at Indigo Power from 2018 to 2019.
    • 1 January 2016–1 January 2019Board member at St Catherine's, Wangaratta from 2016 to 2019.
    • 1 January 2014–1 January 2014Postdoctoral fellow at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2014.
    • 1 January 2014–1 January 2019Adjunct Visiting Research Fellow at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden from 2014 to 2019.
    • 1 January 2012–1 January 2015Company director at Hume Medicare Local from 2012 to 2015.

    Current parliamentary service

    1. 2025 PresentRe-elected 2025Source
    2. 2022 2025Re-elected 2022Source
    3. 2019 2022Elected to the House of Representatives for Indi, Victoria, 2019.Source

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