Anthony Byrne (politician)

The Honourable Anthony Byrne
Byrne in 2015
Member of the Australian Parliament for Holt
In office 6 November 1999 – 11 April 2022
Preceded by	Gareth Evans
Succeeded by	Cassandra Fernando
Deputy chair Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
In office 12 December 2013 – 14 October 2021
Chair Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
In office 18 November 2010 – 5 March 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade
In office 25 February 2009 – 14 September 2010
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
Personal details
Born	Anthony Michael Byrne (1962-12-01) 1 December 1962 (age 61) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Occupation	Politician
Profession	CEO (Anxiety Disorders Foundation of Australia) Adviser to Jacinta Collins

Anthony Michael Byrne (born 1 December 1962) is a former Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party in the Australian House of Representatives, he was one of federal parliament's longest-serving members, having first entered Parliament in November 1999, representing the Division of Holt in Victoria. He was forced to resign as the deputy chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security providing oversight of Australia's security services after he made admissions of corruption and branch-stacking at Victoria's Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission^[1] and did not re-contest the subsequent 2022 federal election.