Assistant Minister for Social Services and Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence

Justine Elliot is the Federal Labor Member for Richmond and lives on the NSW North Coast with her husband Craig and family. 

She serves as the Assistant Minister for Social Services and the Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence in the Albanese Labor Government. 

Justine also served as the Minister for Ageing (2007-2010) and Parliamentary Secretary for Trade (2010-2013).

Before becoming a Federal MP, Justine was a frontline police officer, and worked as a Youth Justice Convenor with the NSW Department of Juvenile Justice.

Justine graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts in English and History, and also holds a Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from Griffith University.