Title Biography for WALSH, Dr Jess Cecille
Database Biographies
Date 09-08-2023 04:59 AM
Source Parliamentary Library
Current member Yes
State Vic
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WALSH, Dr Jess CecilleBiography for WALSH, Dr Jess Cecille

Senator for Victoria

Australian Labor Party


Parliamentary Service

Elected to the Senate for Victoria 2019.


Parties Represented

Australian Labor Party. Served: 01.07.2019 to present


Parliamentary Positions

Temporary Chair of Committees from 4.2.2020.


Parliamentary Party Positions
Committee Service

Joint Standing: National Broadband Network served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Migration served from 22.7.2019 to 23.7.2019; Trade and Investment Growth served from 28.7.2022 to present

Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Law Enforcement served from 28.7.2022 to present; Intelligence and Security served from 6.9.2022 to present

Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics: References served from 2.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Economics: Legislation served from 16.3.2021 to 25.7.2022; Economics: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to 4.8.2022; Economics: Legislation served as Chair from 4.8.2022 to present; Economics: References served as Deputy Chair from 4.8.2022 to present

Senate Select: Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre served from 19.9.2019 to 20.10.2021; Temporary Migration served from 5.12.2019 to 1.9.2021; Job Security served from 10.12.2020 to 30.3.2022; Foreign Interference through Social Media served as Deputy Chair from 29.11.2022 to 1.8.2023

Senate Standing: Publications served from 2.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Scrutiny of Bills served from 28.7.2022 to present; Privileges served from 28.7.2022 to present


Party Positions

Member of the Australian Labor Party from 2005.

Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.) from 2006 to 2018.

Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2015.

Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2018.


Qualifications and Occupations

BA(Hons) (University of Melbourne).

MA (University of Southern California).

PhD (University of Melbourne).

Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, John Hopkins University (USA) from 1998 to 1999.

Research Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, Washington DC (USA) from 1999 to 2000.

Researcher and Organiser for United Voice (Vic.) from 2002 to 2006.

Assistant Secretary of United Voice (Vic.) from 2006 to 2007.

Secretary of United Voice (Vic.) from 2007 to 2019.


Personal

Born: 16.5.1971, Melbourne, Australia

Gender: Female