ABOUT SENATOR SMITH

Senator Marielle Smith believes deeply in the power of good public policy to change lives for the better, and holds a special policy focus on early education, women’s and maternal health, gender equality and job creation in South Australia.

Marielle is the Chair of the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth and a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.

Having served as a Labor Senator for South Australia since 2019, Marielle has been pivotal in a range of influential parliamentary inquiries and policy reforms, most notably in the area of women’s health. In the last term of Parliament, Marielle served as Co-Sponsor and Deputy Chair of the landmark Senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause.

Prior to entering Parliament Marielle was a professional public policy adviser and served on both government and non-government boards. She was a senior adviser to former Prime Minister Julia Gillard on gender and education issues and worked as an international policy adviser in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Marielle holds a Master of Science with Distinction in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics and a first-class honours degree from the Australian National University. Marielle lives in Adelaide with her husband and two young children.