Mitch Fifield
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Senator The Honourable Mitch Fifield |
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| Minister for Communications | |
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Assumed office 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Minister for the Arts | |
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Assumed office 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | George Brandis |
| Manager of Government Business in the Senate | |
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Assumed office 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Jacinta Collins |
| Assistant Minister for Social Services | |
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In office 18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Senator for Victoria | |
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Assumed office 31 March 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Alston |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 January 1967 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Domestic partner | Mari Dunic |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Policy advisor |
| Website | www |
Mitchell Peter "Mitch" Fifield (born 16 January 1967) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Victoria for the Liberal Party since March 2004. Fifield served as the Assistant Minister for Social Services and the Manager of Government Business in the Senate in the Abbott Government from 18 September 2013, then became the Minister for Communications and Minister for the Arts while retaining his role as Manager of Government Business, in the Turnbull Government from 21 September 2015.
Fifield was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of two bank employees, and was educated at Barker College and the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Between 1985 and 1987, Fifield served for three years in the Australian Army Reserve Psychology Corps.
Between 1988 to 1992, Fifield was a Senior Research Officer to the NSW Minister for Transport and Sydney's Olympic Bid, Bruce Baird; a Policy Advisor to the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industrial Relations, National's MP John Anderson during 1992; a Senior Policy Adviser to the Victorian Minister for Transport, Alan Brown from 1992 to 1996; and Senior Political Adviser to the Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, from 1996 to 2003.
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