Jason Wood (politician)


Jason Peter Wood is an Australian politician and former police officer. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs in the Morrison Government since May 2019. He represents the Division of La Trobe in Victoria, which he has held since 2013 and previously from 2004 to 2010.

Early life

Wood was educated at the Chisholm Institute, Swinburne University and RMIT University, Melbourne, and has qualifications in management, including a master's degree in applied science. He was a senior sergeant with the Victoria Police counter-terrorism unit before entering politics.

Political career

Wood stood for the Division of Holt for the Liberal party at the 2001 federal election.
From December 2004, Wood served on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage as well as the Joint Statutory Committee for the Australian Crime Commission.
In a speech he made in parliament in 2009, Wood said he had often campaigned on environmental issues, had formerly supported an emissions trading scheme, and had been a member of Greenpeace for longer than he had been a member of the Liberal Party.
In 2013, he was appointed chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Migration. During the 2016 - 2019 parliamentary term, Wood campaigned on law and order issues, particularly in relation to African youth gangs.
After winning re-election in 2019, Wood was appointed as Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs in the Morrison Government.