Jess Walsh — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Jessica Cecille Walsh (born 16 May 1971) is an Australian politician and trade unionist. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a Senator for Victoria since 2019. Since 2025, she has held the position of Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth in the second Albanese ministry. Prior to her election to parliament, she was the state secretary of United Voice.

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Date of birth: 1971-05-16
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia
APH identifier: 252157

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

Open in full network

Preparing the network…

Dorinda Cox · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
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)
Sam Rae · 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)
Anthony Chisholm · 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–presentMinister — for — Youth
13 May 2025–presentMinister — for — Early Childhood Education
4 February 2020–13 May 2025Temporary Chair of Committees

Committee service

28 July 2022–presentSenate Standing — Scrutiny of Bills
28 July 2022–presentSenate Standing — Privileges
28 July 2022–presentJoint Statutory — Law Enforcement (formerly National Crime Authority from 15.6.1984 to 1.1.2003 and Australian Crime Commission from 1.1.2003 to 24.11.2010)
28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — Trade and Investment Growth
16 March 2021–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Economics: Legislation — Chair
10 December 2020–30 March 2022Senate Select — Job Security

Qualifications

1 January 2002–presentPhD
1 January 1997–presentMA
1 January 1994–presentBA(Hons)

Occupations

1 January 2007–1 January 2019Secretary of United Voice (Vic.) from 2007 to 2019.
1 January 2006–1 January 2007Assistant Secretary of United Voice (Vic.) from 2006 to 2007.
1 January 2002–1 January 2006Researcher and Organiser for United Voice (Vic.) from 2002 to 2006.
1 January 1999–1 January 2000Research Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, Washington DC (USA) from 1999 to 2000.
1 January 1998–1 January 1999Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, John Hopkins University (USA) from 1998 to 1999.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
2019 — 2025Elected to the Senate for Victoria 2019.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.