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Portrait of Anne Aly

Anne Aly

Australian Labor Party · House of Representatives · Cowan (WA) · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Anne Aly was born on 29 March 1967 in Alexandria, Egypt, and her family moved to Australia when she was two, settling in western Sydney; her mother was a nurse and father an engineer, and in Australia her parents worked in factories and as a bus driver. She attended Meriden, a private Anglican girls' school, then graduated from the American University in Cairo in 1990 with a BA in English Literature, followed by a Graduate Diploma of Arts (1994), a Master of Education (1996), and a PhD (2008), the latter three all from Edith Cowan University.

Background encyclopedia

Minister for Small Business; Minister for International Development; Minister for Multicultural Affairs (cabinet) in the Second Albanese ministry, sworn in on 13 May 2025. Australian Labor Party MP for Cowan.

Federal ministry Minister for Small Business · Minister for International Development · Minister for Multicultural Affairs (Second Albanese ministry). [the ministry] [source]

2025 election · Cowan ALY, Anne (Australian Labor Party) was elected with 44,826 first-preference votes. Two-candidate-preferred count: ALY, Anne (Australian Labor Party) 61,179, ADENIYI, Felicia (Liberal) 34,962. [AEC results]

Sourced positions

Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

AyeNoPairedDid not vote

Immigration news report

As Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Aly stated in June 2025 that 'multiculturalism isn't solely about social cohesion and multicultural communities aren't solely responsible for social cohesion,' arguing that making such communities 'solely and wholly responsible for social cohesion' had added to a perception of them being 'over-securitised.' In 2016 she spoke against then-Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's comments regarding Lebanese Muslim immigration.

Votes on record · 1

Faith & religion encyclopedia

Aly is Muslim; Wikipedia describes her as the first female federal parliamentarian of Islamic faith and one of Australia's first two Muslim government ministers.

Foreign policy & aid encyclopedia

On recognition of Palestinian statehood, Aly stated that 'just saying to recognize Palestinian state without any context is in some ways tokenistic', supporting the government position that recognition should be part of a just peace process. She is also noted as a researcher on countering violent extremism, having founded People Against Violent Extremism (PaVE).

Citizenship (s44 eligibility) news report

Aly renounced her Egyptian citizenship on 6 May 2016, before the close of nominations for the 2016 federal election, so she did not breach section 44; the Egyptian embassy later provided written confirmation that as of that date she had completely renounced her Egyptian citizenship.

Economy & tax recorded votes

Votes on record · 7

Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Drugs & law and order recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

Gambling & gaming reform recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

First Nations & treaty recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Health recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

Education recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Environment & water recorded votes

Votes on record · 9

Votes are shown as the official record lists them — Hansard federally and in New South Wales; Votes and Proceedings, Minutes of the Proceedings and Hansard in Victoria; the Record of Proceedings in Queensland; the Votes and Proceedings and Minutes of Proceedings in Western Australia; the Votes and Proceedings (House of Assembly) and Hansard (Legislative Council) in South Australia; the Votes and Proceedings of both chambers in Tasmania. "Did not vote" means the member held the seat that day and is on neither list — the record says who was in the chamber, not why, so it is never an abstention. Western Australia’s record prints no pairs, so a member paired there shows as did not vote. Nothing is shown for a presiding officer who by law gives only a casting vote (the Speaker and the President in South Australia, the President in Tasmania), nor for the member presiding at a Tasmanian division, which Tasmania’s journals record. Which bills sit under which issue is an editorial choice, made bill by bill with a reason read from the second-reading speech. A bill decided by an earlier parliament (Queensland’s 2018 abortion law reform, for one) is shown with that parliament named, read from the official record of the day. For Queensland and the federal parliament “did not vote” there means the member held a seat that day, as their service is recorded; for the other earlier parliaments the record of who held a seat could not be read, so only the printed Aye, No and paired votes are shown.

Record last updated 2026-10-10.