David Feeney Australian Labor Party - Victoria

Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Victoria 2007 (term began 1.7.2008). Resigned 12.8.2013.
• Elected to the House of Representatives for Batman, Victoria, 2013 and 2016.

Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary for Defence from 14.9.10 to 18.9.13.

Committee service

• Senate Standing: Publications from 1.7.08 to 27.9.10; Privileges from 12.5.10 to 27.9.10.
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 1.7.08 to 14.5.09; Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 1.7.08 to 14.5.09; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation and References Committees from 14.5.09 to 27.9.10.
• Senate Select: Climate Policy from 18.3.09 to 15.6.09.
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 1.7.08 to 19.7.10.
• Joint Standing: Electoral Matters from 15.9.09 to 26.10.10; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 4.12.13 to 9.5.16 and from 15.9.16.

Parliamentary party positions

• Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 14.10.13. Shadow Minister for Justice and Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence from 18.10.13 to 23.07.16.
• Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 1.7.14 to 23.07.16.
• Shadow Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC from 1.7.14 to 23.07.16.

Party positions

• Member, ALP Administrative Committee (Vic.) 1994-2002.
• Caucus Secretary, Federal Parliamentary Labor Party 2008-10.

Personal

• Born 5.3.1970, Adelaide, SA.
• Married.

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• MPPM (Monash).
• Federal Industrial Officer, Transport Workers' Union 1994-98.
• ALP State Secretary and Campaign Director (Vic.) 1999-2002.
• Director of Strategy, Office of the Premier of Victoria, the Hon. SP Bracks, MLA 2003-04.
• ALP Campaign Director (SA) 2005-06.
• ALP Assistant National Secretary 2005-08.

Electorate

Description: inner metropolitan.
Location: north eastern Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Alphington, Clifton Hill, Fairfield, Kingsbury, Northcote, Preston, Reservoir and Thornbury, and parts of Bundoora, Coburg North, Macleod and Thomastown.
Area: 66 sq km.
Electors enrolled: 108 935 (at 2.7.16).
Industries: retail, light engineering, textiles, clothing and footwear.
State electorates: Batman includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Northcote and Preston, and parts of Richmond and Thomastown.