Jessica Collins
Senate · Liberal Party of Australia · Liberal National Right
Biography
Jessica Nancy Collins (née Bird) is an Australian politician from the Liberal Party of Australia. She was elected in the 2025 federal election and began her six-year term as Senator for New South Wales on 1 July 2025. She was second on the Coalition list, ahead of Perin Davey and Hollie Hughes who were not re-elected. In February 2026, a leadership spill motion was launched by Collins and Phillip Thompson. In June 2026 the husband of Liberal senator Jess Collins, Ben Collins, had been the subject of at least two formal complaints to the NSW Liberal Party over alleged intimidating and aggressive behaviour. These reports span several years.
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- Date of birth
- 1983-10-03
- APH identifier
- 297964
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Ben Small · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Garth Hamilton · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Jacinta Nampijinpa Price · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Aaron Violi · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Cameron Caldwell · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Simon Kennedy · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Tom Venning · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Leon Rebello · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 8 July 2025–presentOpposition Deputy Whip — in the — Senate
Committee service
No committee service is listed.
Qualifications
- 1 January 2021–present(MGlobalDev)
- 1 January 2013–present(PhD)
- 1 January 2006–presentBA(Hons)
- 1 January 2005–present(BA)
Occupations
- 1 January 2021–1 January 2025Research Fellow and Director of the Australia-Papua New Guinea Network, Lowy Institute, from 2021 to 2025.
Current parliamentary service
- 2025 — PresentElected to the Senate for New South Wales, 2025.Source