Rebekha Sharkie — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Rebekha Carina Sharkie (née Che; born 24 August 1972) is an Australian politician who has been the member of parliament (MP) for the South Australian division of Mayo since 2016. Prior to entering parliament Sharkie worked in the non-profit sector and as a political advisor to Liberal MP Jamie Briggs. After resigning from the Liberal Party she defeated Briggs at the 2016 federal election standing for the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT), the party's only successful candidate in the House of Representatives. She resigned from parliament in 2018 during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, due to her British citizenship, but was re-elected at the 2018 Mayo by-election and subsequently at the 2019…

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Place of birth: Devon, England
APH identifier: 265980

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

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Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

27 July 2022–presentMember of the Speaker's Panel

Committee service

9 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Select — Workforce Australia Employment Services
22 July 2019–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Selection
22 July 2019–23 March 2020House of Representatives Standing — Infrastructure, Transport and Cities
2 April 2019–11 April 2019House of Representatives Standing — Economics — Supplementary member
20 September 2018–11 April 2019House of Representatives Standing — Health, Aged Care and Sport — Supplementary member
16 August 2018–2 April 2019House of Representatives Select — Intergenerational Welfare Dependence

Qualifications

Date not recordedBA

Occupations

1 January 2015–1 January 2016Principal Policy Adviser at the Department of Social Inclusion (SA) from 2015 to 2016.
Date not recordedSenior Manager of the Helping Young People Achieve division, SYC Ltd.
Date not recordedPart-time Adviser to State and Federal Members of Parliament.
Date not recordedParalegal in Adelaide, Queensland and Darwin.
Date not recordedNational Executive Officer of Youth Connections.
Date not recordedLegal Researcher for the Shadow Attorney-General and Leader of the Opposition, I Redmond (SA).

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Re-elected 2019Source
2018 — 2019Elected to the House of Representatives for Mayo, South Australia at by-election 2018, vice R Sharkie (resigned).Source
2016 — 2018Elected to the House of Representatives for Mayo, South Australia, 2016. Resigned 11.5.2018.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.WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.