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Julian Hill

Australian Labor Party · House of Representatives · Bruce (VIC) · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Julian Christopher Hill was born in 1973. Prior to entering federal parliament he served on the Port Phillip City Council from 1999 to 2005, including as the city's youngest mayor from 2000 to 2002.

Background encyclopedia

Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs; Assistant Minister for International Education in the Second Albanese ministry, sworn in on 13 May 2025. Australian Labor Party MP for Bruce.

Federal ministry Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs · Assistant Minister for International Education (Second Albanese ministry). [the ministry] [source]

2025 election · Bruce HILL, Julian (Australian Labor Party) was elected with 49,610 first-preference votes. Two-candidate-preferred count: HILL, Julian (Australian Labor Party) 70,751, SAFI, Zahid (Liberal) 38,743. [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

Hill has championed Australian multiculturalism and spoken up about the importance of Australia embracing its human diversity. He made 'no apology' for championing reforms to the regulation of international education that were likely to reduce the number of international students granted visas, drawing criticism from the international education industry.

Votes on record · 1

Economic nationalism own statement

In a 2023 statement titled "Australia must make more things here," Hill said "We can make more things here. We should make more things here and we must make more things here," warning Australia is "around the lowest for manufacturing self-sufficiency of any developed country in the world" and "too vulnerable to supply shocks" and "to military blockades." He called for urgently boosting "sovereign manufacturing capability" while acknowledging "we can't make everything here."

Foreign policy & aid news report

In a July 2024 statement, Hill said "Israel's Knesset vote against a Palestinian State is profoundly disappointing" and that "a two-state solution is the only realistic resolution to decades of violence," describing alternatives (one state) as "fantasies" or (apartheid or genocide) as "horrific." He called the acceleration of illegal West Bank settlements "appalling" and said major countries need to "collectively intervene... to impose consequences on Israel" to stop them.

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.