Marielle Smith


Marielle Catherine Feuerherdt Smith is a member of the Australian Senate for South Australia. She was elected in the 2019 Australian federal election as the second name on the Australian Labor Party list. Her term of six years commenced on 1 July 2019.

Career

Before being elected, Smith had been a public policy advisor to the Gillard government and worked with a family-owned public transport company. She can drive articulated buses.
Smith worked with Julia Gillard on global education policy for almost five years. She regards both Gillard and Kate Ellis as mentors.