Melissa Price — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Melissa Lee Price (née Dellar; born 12 December 1963) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and has served in the House of Representatives since 2013, representing the Western Australian seat of Durack. She held ministerial office in the Morrison government from 2018 to 2022, serving as Minister for the Environment (2018–2019), Minister for Defence Industry (2019–2022), and Minister for Science and Technology (2021–2022). She was also Assistant Minister for the Environment in the Turnbull government from 2017 to 2018.

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Date of birth: 1963-12-12
Place of birth: Kalgoorlie, Australia
APH identifier: 249308

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

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Henry Pike · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Kerrynne Liddle · Shared faction: Liberal ModeratesWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Maria Kovacic · Shared faction: Liberal ModeratesWikipedia (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)
Mary Aldred · Shared faction: Liberal ModeratesWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Jessica Collins · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Dave Sharma · Shared faction: Liberal ModeratesWikipedia (opens in a new tab)

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

14 September 2025–17 February 2026Shadow Minister — for — Defence Personnel
14 September 2025–17 February 2026Shadow Minister — for — Defence Industry
28 May 2025–14 September 2025Shadow Minister — for — Science
28 May 2025–14 September 2025Shadow Minister — for — Cyber Security
26 July 2022–28 May 2025Opposition Whip — in the — House of Representatives
8 October 2021–23 May 2022Minister — for — Science and Technology
30 March 2021–23 May 2022Cabinet Minister
29 May 2019–23 May 2022Minister — for — Defence Industry

Committee service

1 August 2022–presentJoint Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
1 August 2022–presentJoint Standing — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (Aboriginal Affairs before 4.5.1992)
1 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Selection
13 June 2017–20 December 2017House of Representatives Select — Regional Development and Decentralisation
14 September 2016–15 September 2016Joint Statutory — Public Works
14 September 2016–20 December 2017Joint Standing — Northern Australia

Qualifications

Date not recordedLLB(Hons)
Date not recordedGradDipLaw

Occupations

1 January 2008–1 January 2012Vice-President of Legal and Business Development for Crosslands Resources Ltd. from 2008 to 2012.
1 January 2002–1 January 2008General Counsel and Business Development Manager at CBH Group from 2002 to 2008.
1 January 1997–1 January 2002Solicitor in private practice from 1997 to 2002.
Start date unknown–1 January 2016Non-Executive Director of the Cancer Council (WA) to 2016.
Start date unknown–1 January 2016Non-Executive Director of the BrightSpark Foundation to 2016.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Re-elected 2019Source
2016 — 2019Re-elected 2016Source
2013 — 2016Elected to the House of Representatives for Durack, Western Australia, 2013.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.