Julian Leeser — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Julian Martin Leeser (born 25 May 1976) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has represented the Division of Berowra since the 2016 federal election. He was a shadow minister under Peter Dutton from 2022 to 2023.

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Date of birth: 1976-05-25
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia
APH identifier: 109556

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

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Garth Hamilton · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Kerrynne Liddle · Shared faction: Liberal ModeratesWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Kerrynne Liddle · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Maria Kovacic · Shared faction: Liberal ModeratesWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Leah Blyth · 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)

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

17 February 2026–presentShadow Minister — for — Indigenous Australians
17 February 2026–presentShadow Minister — for — Education
17 February 2026–presentShadow Cabinet Minister
13 October 2025–17 February 2026Shadow Minister — for — Education and Early Learning
28 May 2025–17 February 2026Shadow Minister — for — the Arts
28 May 2025–13 October 2025Shadow Attorney-General
25 January 2025–28 May 2025Shadow Assistant Minister — for — Foreign Affairs
5 June 2022–11 April 2023Shadow Minister — for — Indigenous Australians

Committee service

11 March 2022–11 April 2022Joint Select — Parliamentary Standards
23 July 2019–11 April 2022Joint Standing — Migration — Chair
4 July 2019–11 April 2022House of Representatives Standing — Indigenous Affairs — Chair
29 November 2018–11 April 2019House of Representatives Standing — Social Policy and Legal Affairs — Chair
27 March 2018–29 November 2018Joint Select — Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (2018) — Joint Chair
13 February 2017–11 April 2022Joint Statutory — Intelligence and Security

Qualifications

Date not recordedLLB
Date not recordedGrad(AICD)
Date not recordedBA(Hons)

Occupations

1 January 2012–1 January 2016Senior Executive at the Australian Catholic University from 2012 to 2016.
1 January 2006–1 January 2007Visiting Fellow at the Alfred A. Taubman Centre for State and Local Government in the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 2006 to 2007.
1 January 2006–1 January 2012Executive Director at the Menzies Research Centre from 2006 to 2012.
1 January 2004–1 January 2006Special Advisor to the Attorney General, the Hon. P Ruddock from 2004 to 2006.
1 January 2002–1 January 2004Solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jacques from 2002 to 2004.
1 January 2001–1 January 2001Advisor to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, the Hon. A Abbott MP, 2001.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Re-elected 2019Source
2016 — 2019Elected to the House of Representatives for Berowra, New South Wales, 2016.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.