Ryan Batchelor

Ryan is the ALPs State Member for the Southern Metropolitan Region, representing the inner southern, inner eastern and bayside suburbs of Melbourne.

First elected in November 2022, Ryan is a member of the Legislative Council.

Before entering politics, Ryan worked as a public servant, political adviser, and a policy researcher.

During the Rudd-Gillard Federal Labor Government, Ryan served as Director of Policy in the Office of Prime Minister Julia Gillard MP, as Chief of Staff to Minister Jenny Macklin MP, and as senior adviser to Deputy Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese MP.

As a public servant, Ryan worked in the Department of Premier and Cabinet from 2015 until 2019 as a senior executive in a range of portfolios including on the response to the Royal Commission into Family Violence, public sector governance and reform, and in justice and community safety.

Ryan was the Victorian Executive Director at the McKell Institute from 2020 until 2022.

Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Political Science from the University of Western Australia, a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Cambridge.

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