Fiona Nash
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Senator The Honourable Fiona Nash |
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Senator Nash in 2010
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| 21st Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia | |
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Assumed office 11 February 2016 |
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| Leader | Barnaby Joyce |
| Preceded by | Barnaby Joyce |
| Minister for Local Government and Territories | |
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Assumed office 19 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Paul Fletcher (as Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects) |
| Minister for Regional Development | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Warren Truss (as Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) |
| Minister for Regional Communications | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | No Immediate Predecessor |
| Minister for Rural Health | |
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In office 21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Warren Snowdon (as Minister for Indigenous Health) |
| Succeeded by | David Gillespie (as Assistant Minister for Rural Health) |
| Assistant Minister for Health | |
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In office 18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Christopher Pyne (as Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing) |
| Succeeded by | Ken Wyatt |
| Senator for New South Wales | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Fiona Joy Morton 6 May 1965 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | National Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | David Nash |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Young, New South Wales |
| Alma mater | Mitchell College of Advanced Education |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Fiona Joy Nash (née Morton) (born 6 May 1965) is an Australian politician. She has represented the National Party of Australia in the Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales since 1 July 2005 and has served as the Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Parliament of Australia since 11 February 2016, having previously served as the party's deputy Senate leader since 2008.
In the Turnbull Government, Nash has served as the Minister for Local Government and Territories since 19 July 2016, and the Minister for Regional Development, and the Minister for Regional Communications since 18 February 2016. Nash had previously served as the Minister for Rural Health between 21 September 2015 and 19 July 2016, and as the Assistant Minister for Health in the Abbott Government between 18 September 2013 and 21 September 2015.
Between 1999 and 2004, she worked as staff member for National Party federal ministers, Mark Vaile, Larry Anthony, and De-Anne Kelly before her election to the Senate. In 2008, she was appointed Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Water Resources and Conservation on the Opposition frontbench, but was asked to resign by Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull when she expressed her support for a motion by the Australian Greens to block the introduction of up-front tax breaks for carbon sinks. She did so, and subsequently crossed the floor with four other National senators to vote for the motion. After the 2010 election she returned to the Opposition frontbench when appointed Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in September 2010.
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