Senator for Tasmania
Nick McKim
Senate · Australian Greens
TAS SenatorFirst elected 2015
Public profile
Biography
Nicholas James McKim (born 11 June 1965) is an Australian politician who is currently serving as a senator for Tasmania in the federal parliament. He was previously a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly elected at the 2002 election, representing the Franklin electorate from 2002 to 2015, and led the party from 2008 until 2014. On 21 April 2010, he became the first member of the Greens in any Australian ministry. From February 2020 until June 2022, he served as co-deputy leader of the Australian Greens.
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- Date of birth
- 1965-06-11
- Place of birth
- London, England
- APH identifier
- JKM
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
Preparing the network…
- Penny Allman-Payne · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Mehreen Faruqi · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Elizabeth Watson-Brown · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jordon Steele-John · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- David Shoebridge · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Barbara Pocock · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Larissa Waters · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Peter Whish-Wilson · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Official record
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 4 June 2025–presentAustralian Greens Spokesperson — for — Economic Justice and Treasury, Forests and LGBTIQA+
- 25 March 2024–4 June 2025Australian Greens Spokesperson — for — Economic Justice and Treasury, Emergency Management and Forests
- 17 June 2022–25 March 2024Australian Greens Spokesperson — on — Economic Justice, Treasury, Home Affairs, Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
- 18 October 2021–presentAustralian Greens Whip — in the — Senate
- 9 September 2020–17 June 2022Australian Greens Spokesperson — on — Treasury, Finance and Economic Justice, Immigration and Citizenship, Digital Rights, IT and NBN
- 4 February 2020–10 June 2022Co-Deputy Leader — of the — Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens
- 5 July 2019–9 September 2020Australian Greens Spokesperson — for — Justice, Immigration and Citizenship and Digital Rights and Information Technology
- 25 August 2016–5 July 2019Australian Greens Spokesperson — on — Attorney General; Immigration and Citizenship; Small Business
Committee service
- 26 July 2022–presentSenate Standing — Scrutiny of Bills
- 26 July 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Economics: References
- 26 July 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Economics: Legislation
- 26 August 2021–presentSenate Standing — Procedure
- 24 June 2021–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References — Substitute member
- 6 October 2020–presentJoint Statutory — Corporations and Financial Services
Qualifications
No qualification is listed.
Occupations
- 1 January 1999–1 January 2002Advertising and Public Administration from 1999 to 2002.
- 1 January 1995–1 January 1999Wilderness Guide from 1995 to 1999
- Start date unknown–1 January 1999Organic market gardener, shepherd, remote area mineral exploration, fruit picker to 1999
Current parliamentary service
Sources and methodology
Parliament of AustraliaBiography and official service history. (opens in a new tab)WikipediaBiography and official service history. (opens in a new tab)They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures. (opens in a new tab)WikidataIdentity, membership and parliamentary information. (opens in a new tab)WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.