Clare O'Neil

The Honourable Clare O'Neil MP
Minister for Housing
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 July 2024
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Julie Collins
Minister for Homelessness
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 July 2024
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Julie Collins
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 1 June 2022 – 29 July 2024
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Karen Andrews
Succeeded by	Tony Burke
Member of the Australian Parliament for Hotham
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2013
Preceded by	Simon Crean
Mayor of Greater Dandenong
In office 16 March 2004 – November 2004
Succeeded by	Maria Sampey
Personal details
Born	(1980-09-12) 12 September 1980 (age 43) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor
Domestic partner	Brendan Munzel
Relations	Lloyd O'Neil (Father)
Alma mater	Monash University Harvard University
Profession	Management consultant Politician
Website	www.clareoneil.com

Clare Ellen O'Neil (born 12 September 1980) is an Australian politician who is the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness since July 2024, and was the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security from June 2022 to July 2024.^[1][2] She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013, representing the Victorian seat of Hotham.

O'Neil became mayor of the City of Greater Dandenong in 2004, aged 23, becoming the youngest female mayor in Australian history. Before entering federal parliament she worked as a manager at McKinsey & Company. O'Neil was elected to parliament at the 2013 federal election. In 2016, she was appointed as a shadow minister by opposition leader Bill Shorten. She continued in the shadow ministry after Anthony Albanese succeeded Shorten as ALP leader in 2019.