Minister for Home Affairs

The Hon Brendan O’Connor  MP, Member for Gorton (Vic)

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Burke, Victoria, 2001. Re-elected following the 2003 electoral redistribution for Gorton, Victoria, 2004 and 2007.

Ministerial Appointments

Minister for Employment Participation from 3.12.07. to 9.06.09

Minister for Home Affairs from 9.06.09

Committee service

House of Representatives Standing:

Employment and Workplace Relations from 16.2.04 to 31.8.04;

Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation from 2.12.04 (Deputy Chair from 9.12.04) to 17.10.07;

Library from 2.12.04 to 17.10.07.

Joint Statutory:

Public Works from 20.3.02 (Deputy Chair from 21.3.02) to 17.10.07.

Conferences, delegations and visits

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea, December 2003.

Member, Parliamentary delegation to the 15th Annual Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Moscow, January 2007

Personal

Born 2.3.1962, London, UK.

Qualifications and occupation before entering federal Parliament

BA, LLB (Monash).
Diploma, Harvard Trade Union Program (Harvard).
Union official 1986-2001.
Assistant National Secretary, Australian Services Union 1993-2001.

More Information

More information can be found on the Minister for Home Affairs website.