The Hon. Lisa Singh
Appointed 12 September 2023
Lisa Singh is a former Australian Senator and was the first woman of South Asian heritage to be elected to the Australian Parliament. She is also a former Tasmanian Member of Parliament and was a Minister in the Tasmanian Government. She is currently the CEO of the Australia India Institute, a leading research and policy think tank advancing Australia-India relations at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this, Lisa worked as Head of Government Advocacy for Minderoo Foundation’s Walk Free initiative, an international human rights organisation working to end modern slavery and human trafficking.
She also sits on the Advisory Boards of the University of Melbourne’s Asialink and the University of New South Wales’ Human Rights Institute and is the former Deputy Chair of the Australian Government’s Australia-India Council.
Lisa’s career has focused on the promotion and protection of human rights, international development and gender equality, climate change, governance and access to justice. She served as a Minister in the Tasmanian State Government for Workplace Relations, Corrections and Consumer Protection, and Climate Change; and as a Senator in the Australian parliament she served as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Attorney-General, and for the Environment, Climate Change and Water.