Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Shayne Neumann

House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Right

Blair, QLDFirst elected 2007
Public profile

Biography

Shayne Kenneth Neumann (born 26 August 1961) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Blair. In March 2013, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing. After the 2013 federal election, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and for Ageing. In 2016, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. After the 2019 federal election, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel.

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Date of birth
1961-08-26
Place of birth
Ipswich, Australia
APH identifier
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Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

  • 2 June 2019–23 May 2022Shadow Minister — for — Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel
  • 23 July 2016–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — Immigration and Border Protection
  • 4 May 2016–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Northern Australia
  • 18 October 2013–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Indigenous Affairs
  • 18 October 2013–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Ageing
  • 18 October 2013–2 June 2019Shadow Cabinet Minister
  • 25 March 2013–18 September 2013Parliamentary Secretary — to the — Attorney-General
  • 25 March 2013–18 September 2013Parliamentary Secretary — for — Health and Ageing

Committee service

  • 28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade — Chair
  • 28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — Electoral Matters
  • 28 July 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Social Policy and Legal Affairs
  • 28 July 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Procedure — Chair
  • 15 September 2016–1 July 2019Joint Standing — Migration
  • 4 December 2013–25 June 2015Joint Select — Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Qualifications

  • Date not recordedLLB
  • Date not recordedBA

Occupations

  • 1 January 1985–1 January 2007Lawyer from 1985 to 2007.

Current parliamentary service

  1. 2025 PresentRe-elected 2025Source
  2. 2022 2025Re-elected 2022Source
  3. 2019 2022Re-elected 2019Source
  4. 2016 2019Re-elected 2016Source
  5. 2013 2016Re-elected 2013Source
  6. 2010 2013Re-elected 2010Source
  7. 2007 2010Elected to the House of Representatives for Blair, Queensland, 2007.Source

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