Roxon, Nicola Louise (1967 - )

Nicola Roxon was elected to the House of Representatives for Gellibrand, Victoria, in 1998, 2001 and 2004. She became Shadow Minister for Health in 2006.

Nicola Roxon completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Melbourne before working as Judge’s Associate for the Hon. Justice Mary Gaudron in the High Court of Australia. She was a Union organiser for the National Union of Workers, and an Industrial Lawyer with Maurice Blackburn and Co. until 1998, when she was elected to the House of Representatives.

A member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from 2001, Roxon has served as Shadow Minister for Children and Youth; Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration; Shadow Attorney-General, and Assisting the Leader on the Status of Women; and Shadow Minister for Health. She has been a member of House of Representatives Standing Committees on Industry, Science and Resources; and Legal and Constitutional Affairs; and served on the Joint Select Committee on the Republic Referendum in 1999. In 2003, Roxon was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to Syria, Lebanon and Israel.