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Ed Husic

Australian Labor Party · House of Representatives · Chifley (NSW) · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Edham Nurredin (Ed) Husic was born on 3 February 1970 in Sydney to immigrant parents, Hasib and Hasiba, who had arrived in Australia in the late 1960s; his father worked as a welder on projects including the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Raised in Western Sydney, he was educated at Blacktown South Public School and Mitchell High School, and graduated from the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Communications.

Background official record

Assistant adviser to the Parliamentary Secretary for Defence 1991-93, senior consultant at Burson-Marsteller 1993-94, then adviser to the Minister for Communications and the Arts. Minister for Industry and Science in the first Albanese ministry.

2025 election · Chifley HUSIC, Ed (Labor) was elected with 47,078 first-preference votes. Two-candidate-preferred count: HUSIC, Ed (Labor) 62,440, GREEN, Allan (Liberal) 26,974. [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 encyclopedia

In his maiden speech, Husic, the first Muslim member of federal parliament, praised migrants and multiculturalism, stating 'multiculturalism represents a vast reservoir of energy this nation can tap into,' and that harnessing talent 'from the first owners to the recently arrived' builds 'one of the greatest countries on the planet.'

Votes on record · 1

Faith & religion encyclopedia

Husic is the first Muslim elected to Australia's federal parliament; his household practised Islam while also celebrating Christmas and Easter, and after the September 11 attacks he described himself as a 'non-practising' Muslim, which he later regretted. He took his oath on the Quran when sworn in as a Parliamentary Secretary in 2013.

Economic nationalism own statement

Ed Husic has advocated for rebuilding Australian domestic manufacturing and self-sufficiency, stating "Australia ranks last in a list of OECD countries in terms of manufacturing self-sufficiency" and "We want to send this signal to industry and its workers: Australian Labor is on the side of Australian manufacturing," describing manufacturing as "in the DNA of the Australian Labor Party."

Foreign policy & aid news report

Husic supports recognition of a Palestinian state and, after being dropped from cabinet, said on 12 May 2025 the government should do whatever it could to back Palestinian statehood as quickly as possible; he described mass starvation in Gaza as a conscious decision and the use of starvation as a war crime, and in May 2025 called for targeted sanctions against Israeli government ministers overseeing the military campaign in Gaza.

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.