Jim Chalmers MP has been the Member for Rankin since September 2013. He is proud to represent the people and suburbs of southern Brisbane and Logan City where he was born, grew up, and made a home with his wife Laura.

 

After his first election, he was immediately promoted to Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Investment. He is the deputy chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue and is a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics.

 

Prior to his election, Jim was the Executive Director of the Chifley Research Centre and, before that, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer. He has a PhD in political science and international relations and a first class honours degree in public policy, and has taught politics at three universities. He is a member of the Griffith University Logan Campus Development Advisory Group and the Board of Advisers at the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.

 

Jim's book Glory Daze was published in July 2013 and he tweets as @JEChalmers. His main policy interests are the economy, education and foreign affairs.