Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Luke Gosling

House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Right

Solomon, NTFirst elected 2016
Public profile

Biography

Luke John Anthony Gosling, (born 17 September 1971) is an Australian politician and retired Australian Army officer. Gosling has been the Australian Labor Party member for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Solomon in the Northern Territory since the 2016 federal election.

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Date of birth
1971-09-17
Place of birth
Melbourne, Australia
APH identifier
245392

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Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

  • Date not recordedDeputy Chair — of the — Australian Labor Party Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Caucus Committee

Committee service

  • 28 July 2022–4 August 2022Joint Standing — Treaties
  • 28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — National Capital and External Territories
  • 28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
  • 28 July 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport — Chair
  • 23 July 2019–11 April 2022House of Representatives Standing — Infrastructure, Transport and Cities — Deputy Chair
  • 22 July 2019–23 July 2019House of Representatives Standing — Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources

Qualifications

  • 1 January 1999–presentHumanities, social sciences and law — Level 3 in Bahasa Indonesian — UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy
  • 1 January 1993–presentRoyal Military College (Duntroon), 1993 — Royal Millitary College, Duntroon
  • Date not recordedBA

Occupations

  • 1 January 2011–1 January 2016Advisor to the Senator for the Northern Territory and Member for Lingiari (NT), from 2011 to 2016.
  • 1 January 2010–1 January 2011Chief Executive Officer of the St Vincent de Paul Society from 2010 to 2011.
  • 1 January 2008–1 January 2008Founder of the Remote Area Health Corps, 2008.
  • 1 January 2008–1 January 2010Advisor to the President of Timor-Leste from 2008 to 2010.
  • 1 January 2005–1 January 2008Military Officer in the Australian Army, Timor-Leste from 2005 to 2008.
  • 1 January 2002–1 January 2005Founder of Life, Love and Health not-for-profit (Timor-Leste) from 2002 to 2005.

Current parliamentary service

  1. 2025 PresentRe-elected 2025Source
  2. 2022 2025Re-elected 2022Source
  3. 2019 2022Re-elected 2019Source
  4. 2016 2019Elected to the House of Representatives for Solomon, Northern Territory, 2016.Source

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