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Tanya Plibersek
House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Left
Biography
Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Social Services since 2025 and the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Sydney since 1998. Previously, she served as the Minister for the Environment and Water from 2022 to 2025, deputy leader of the Labor Party from 2013 to 2019, and held ministerial offices in the Rudd and Gillard governments. Plibersek was born in Sydney to Slovenian immigrant parents and grew up in Sutherland Shire. She has degrees from the University of Technology Sydney and Macquarie University, and worked in the NSW Government's Domestic Violence Unit before entering parliament. Plibersek…
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- Date of birth
- 1969-12-02
- Place of birth
- Sydney, Australia
- APH identifier
- 83M
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Karen Grogan · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Zaneta Mascarenhas · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Carina Garland · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Louise Miller-Frost · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Tammy Tyrrell · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Sam Rae · 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)
- Gabriel Ng · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 13 May 2025–presentMinister — for — Social Services
- 1 June 2022–13 May 2025Minister — for the — Environment and Water
- 1 June 2022–presentCabinet Minister
- 28 January 2021–23 May 2022Shadow Minister — for — Women
- 28 January 2021–23 May 2022Shadow Minister — for — Education
- 24 October 2017–28 January 2021Shadow Minister — for — Education and Training
- 23 July 2016–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — Women
- 23 July 2016–24 October 2017Shadow Minister — for — Education
Committee service
- 12 December 2013–24 November 2014Joint Statutory — Intelligence and Security
- 4 December 2013–24 June 2015Joint Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
- 20 March 2002–31 August 2004Joint Statutory — Public Accounts and Audit — Deputy Chair
- 20 March 2002–31 August 2004House of Representatives Standing — Education and Training (Education and Vocational Training from 1.12.2004 to 17.10.2007)
- 12 February 2002–17 October 2007House of Representatives Standing — Privileges
- 31 August 2000–8 October 2001House of Representatives Standing — Economics, Finance and Public Administration
Qualifications
- Date not recordedWomen's Officer — University of Technology, Sydney
- Date not recordedMPol&PubPol
- Date not recordedBA(Comms)(Hons)
Occupations
- Date not recordedMember of the Domestic Violence Unit, Ministry for the Status of Women (NSW).
- Date not recordedElectorate officer