David Feeney

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator for Victoria

About David

David Feeney was elected to the Senate for Victoria 2007. He has served on a number of committees including the Senate Standing Committee for Publications, the standing Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from July 2008 to May 2009, the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Senate Select Committee for Climate Policy. He has also served on the Joint Statutory Committee for Public Accounts and Audit.

Senator Feeney has also held a number of party positions, including time as a member of the Victorian ALP Administrative Committee, an Ex Officio Member of the ALP National Executive and Caucus Secretary of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party from August 2008.

Before Entering Parliament, Senator Feeney was an Industrial Officer for the Transport Worker's Union, ALP State Secretary, Victorian Branch, Director of Strategy in the Office of Premier Steve Bracks and ALP Assistant National Secretary.

David Feeney is the Duty Senator for Aston, McMillan, Indi and Kooyong.

Contact David

Parliament House
PO Box 6022
Canberra
ACT
2600
(02) 6277 3415
(02) 6277 5806
Email David

Electorate Office
1/240 Sydney Road
Coburg
VIC
3058
(03) 9384 6077
(03) 9384 6644

Electorate Profile

Aston

State:

VIC

Name Derivation:

Named after Tilly Aston 1873-1947, blind writer and teacher who helped found the library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894.

Area and Location Description:

Aston covers an area of approximately 96 sq km from Bayswater in the north to Rowville in the south, from Ferntree Gully in the east to Vermont South in the west. The suburbs of Bayswater (part), Boronia (part), Ferntree Gully (part), Forest Hill (part), Knoxfield, Lysterfield (part), Mountain Gate (part), Rowville, Scoresby, Studfield, Vermont (part), Vermont South, Wantirna and Wantirna South are in this division.

Products/Industries of the Area:

Market gardens, orchards, light industry, food manufacturing and chemical production.

First Proclaimed/Election:

1984

Demographic Rating:

Outer Metropolitan

Members:

Tudge, A (LP) 2010-
Pearce, C (LP) 2001-2010
Nugent, P E (LP) 1990-2001
Saunderson, J (ALP) 1984-1990

Indi

State:

VIC

Name Derivation:

Named after an Aboriginal name for the Murray River.

Area and Location Description:

Indi covers an area of approximately 28 008 sq km along the New South Wales border from Rutherglen to Corryong in the north, Avenel and Woods Point in the south and the snowfields of Falls Creek, Mount Hotham, Mount Buffalo and Mount Buller in the east. The main towns include Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Corryong, Euroa, Mansfield, Mount Beauty, Myrtleford, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Violet Town (part), Wangaratta and Wodonga.

Products/Industries of the Area:

Tourism, forestry, wood chipping, , viticulture, agriculture, timber processing and manufacturing.

First Proclaimed/Election:

1900/1901

Demographic Rating:

Rural

Members:

Mirabella, S (LP) 2007-
Panopoulos, S (LP) 2001-2007
Lieberman, L (LP) 1993-2001
Cameron, E C (LP) 1977-1993
Holton, R M (ACP/NCP) 1958-1977
Bostock, W D (LP) 1949-1958
McEwen, J (ACP) 1937-1949
Hutchinson, W J (UAP) 1931-1937
Jones, P (ALP) 1928-1931
Cook, R (ACP) 1919-1928
Leckie, J W (NP) 1917-1919
Moloney, P J (ALP) 1914-1917
Ahern, C J (LIB) 1913-1914
Moloney, P J (ALP) 1910-1913
Brown, J T (ASP) 1906-1910
Isaacs, I A (PROT) 1901-1906

Kooyong

State:

VIC

Name Derivation:

Named after the Aboriginal word meaning 'resting place'.

Area and Location Description:

Kooyong is an eastern inner metropolitan electorate covering an area of approximately 49 sq km stretching from Kew and Hawthorn in the west to Balwyn and Canterbury in the east, and from Balwyn North in the north to Hawthorn East and Camberwell in the south. Its suburbs include Balwyn, Balwyn North (part), Camberwell (part), Canterbury, Glen Iris (part), Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Kew, Kew East and Surrey Hills (part).

Products/Industries of the Area:

Predominantly residential with no major industries.

First Proclaimed/Election:

1900/1901

Demographic Rating:

Inner Metropolitan

Members:

Georgiou, P (LP) 1994-
Peacock, A S (LP) 1966-1994
Menzies, R G (LP) 1934-1966
Latham, J G (LIB) 1922-1934
Best, R (LIB) 1910-1922
Knox, W (LIB) 1901-1910

McMillan

State:

VIC

Name Derivation:

Named after Angus McMillan 1810-65, pioneer and explorer who made several trips into Gippsland.

Area and Location Description:

McMillan covers an area of approximately 8 328 sq km from Pakenham in the west to Newborough in the east to Noojee in the north and to Wilsons Promontory in the south. The main towns include Drouin, Erica, Moe, Neerim South, Pakenham (part), Thorpdale, Trafalgar, Walhalla, Warragul, Yarragon, Mirboo North, Korumburra, Leongatha, Foster and Wonthaggi.