Senator for Tasmania
Richard Dowling
Senate · Australian Labor Party · Labor Right
TAS SenatorFirst elected 2025
Public profile
Biography
Richard Dowling (born 18 September 1983) is an Australian economist and politician, who is currently serving as a Labor Senator for Tasmania since 1 July 2025. Before entering the Senate, he worked across economics, government, and global technology firms, and was active in the Australian Workers' Union.
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- Date of birth
- 1983-09-18
- Place of birth
- Fitzroy, Australia
- APH identifier
- 55842
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
Preparing the network…
- Chris Bowen · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Jana Stewart · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Alison Byrnes · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Cassandra Fernando · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Andrew Charlton · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Kara Cook · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Carol Berry · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Matt Gregg · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Official record
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
No senior parliamentary role is listed.
Committee service
No committee service is listed.
Qualifications
- 1 January 2018–present(MBA)
- 1 January 2007–present(BEc)
Occupations
- 1 January 2024–1 January 2024Director at Meta, 2024.
- 1 January 2020–1 January 2024Senior Director and Head of Asia Pacific at VMware from 2020 to 2024.
- 1 January 2017–1 January 2019Chief Economist and Head of Global Affairs at The Faraday Grid from 2017 to 2019.
- 1 January 2014–1 January 2017Government Affairs at Baxter Healthcare from 2014 to 2017.
- 1 January 2010–1 January 2014Senior Economic Adviser to the Premier, the Hon. L Giddings, MHA (Tas.) from 2010 to 2014.
- 1 January 2007–1 January 2010Chief Economist at the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 2007 to 2010.
Current parliamentary service
- 2025 — PresentElected to the Senate for Tasmania, 2025.Source
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)WikipediaPublic reporting used for the faction classification. (opens in a new tab)WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.