Title Biography for BRAGG, Andrew James
Database Biographies
Date 17-05-2023 07:49 AM
Source Parliamentary Library
Current member Yes
State NSW
System Id handbook/allmps/256063


BRAGG, Andrew JamesBiography for BRAGG, Andrew James

Senator for New South Wales

Liberal Party of Australia



Parliamentary Service

Elected to the Senate for New South Wales 2019.


Committee Service

Joint Select: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum served from 30.3.2023 to 12.5.2023

Joint Standing: Treaties served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Migration served from 1.8.2022 to present

Joint Statutory: Corporations and Financial Services served from 2.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Corporations and Financial Services served from 2.8.2022 to present

Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics: Legislation served from 2.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Economics: References served from 2.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Environment and Communications: References served as Deputy Chair from 2.9.2021 to 25.7.2022; Environment and Communications: Legislation served as Chair from 2.9.2021 to 25.7.2022; Economics: Legislation served from 1.8.2022 to 4.8.2022; Economics: Legislation served as Deputy Chair from 4.8.2022 to present; Economics: References served as Chair from 4.8.2022 to present

Senate Select: Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre served from 11.9.2019 to 18.9.2019; Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre served as Chair from 19.9.2019 to 20.10.2021; Temporary Migration served from 5.12.2019 to 1.9.2021; Aboriginal Flag served from 3.9.2020 to 13.10.2020; COVID-19 served as Substitute member from 23.7.2021 to 23.7.2021; Work and Care served from 4.8.2022 to 9.3.2023


Party Positions

Member of the Liberal Party State Council (NSW) from 2016.

Acting Director of the Federal Liberal Party, 2017.


Personal

Born: 11.7.1984, Carlton, Australia

Gender: Male


Qualifications and Occupations

(MFinReg) (Macquarie University).

(MBus(Acc)) (Australian National University).

(BA(IntRel) (Australian National University).

Employed at Ernst & Young, 2008.

Policy Manager at the Financial Services Council from 2009 to 2014.

Director of Policy at the Financial Services Council from 2014 to 2017.

Executive Director of the Business Council of Australia from 2017 to 2018.


Publications

Fit for Service: Meeting the demand of the Asian middle class, Connor Court Publishing, Redland Bay, Qld, 2017.

Bad Egg: how to fix super, Connor Court Publishing, Redland Bay, Qld, 2020.

Buraadja: The Liberal Case for National Reconciliation, Connor Court Publishing, Redland Bay, Qld, 2021.