Tanya Plibersek is the Minister for Social Services, and the Federal Member for Sydney.  

 

Tanya grew up in the Sutherland Shire of Sydney and is the daughter of migrants from Slovenia. Like many newly arrived migrants, Tanya’s parents helped build the country in which they made their new home. Her father worked on the Snowy River hydro electric scheme in the 1950s. 

 

Between 2013 and 2019, Tanya was Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party. From 2013 to 2016, Tanya was also the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development. From 2017 to 2022 Tanya was the Shadow Minister for Education and the Shadow Minister for Women. 

 

From 2022 to 2025, she was the Minister for the Environment and Water in the first Albanese Labor Government.