Senator the Hon Nita Green biography

Parliamentary service

  • Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2019.

Ministerial appointments

  • Assistant Minister for Tourism from 13.5.2025.
  • Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs from 13.5.2025.
  • Assistant Minister for Northern Australia from 13.5.2025.

Committee service

  • Joint Select: Northern Australia served from 6.9.2022 to present; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum served as Chair from 30.3.2023 to 12.5.2023
  • Joint Standing: Northern Australia served from 22.7.2019 to 18.9.2019; Treaties served from 28.7.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 28.7.2022 to present
  • Joint Statutory: Human Rights served from 4.7.2019 to 1.12.2021
  • Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 4.7.2019 to 21.10.2021; Environment and Communications: References served from 4.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served as Substitute member from 28.11.2019 to 8.10.2020; Environment and Communications: Legislation served from 5.12.2019 to 25.7.2022; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served from 13.5.2020 to 17.6.2020; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served from 12.6.2020 to 16.3.2021; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served from 18.6.2020 to 16.3.2021; Community Affairs: Legislation served from 16.3.2021 to 25.7.2022; Community Affairs: References served from 16.3.2021 to 25.7.2022; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served from 28.7.2022 to 19.9.2024; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 28.7.2022 to 2.8.2022; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to 2.8.2022; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served as Chair from 3.8.2022 to present; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served as Deputy Chair from 3.8.2022 to present
  • Senate Select: Administration of Sports Grants served from 5.2.2020 to 18.3.2021; Impact of Climate Risk on Insurance Premiums and Availability served from 16.5.2024 to 26.11.2024; Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities served from 28.11.2024 to present
  • Senate Standing: Regulations and Ordinances served from 2.7.2019 to 3.12.2019; Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation served from 4.12.2019 to 21.10.2021

Parliamentary party positions

  • Australian Labor Party. Served: 01.07.2019 to present
  • Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Indo-Pacific Trade Taskforce from August 2019.

Party positions

  • Secretary of Labor for Choice (Qld).
  • Executive Member of Rainbow Labor.

Other positions

  • Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef from 1.6.2022.

Personal

  • Born: 23.6.1983, Camperdown, Australia
  • Gender: Female
  • Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

  • BCrArts (University of Wollongong).
  • JLLD (University of Canberra).
  • Adviser to Senator M Watt.
  • Lawyer at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.
  • Industrial Officer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Unio