Helen Haines — connections and sources

Summary

A quick read

Start with the member's current status, role and sourced snapshot.

Independent MP for Indi since 2019 · no sourced faction · attends 94% of votes

Independent
94% attendance

Public profile

Biography

Helen Mary Haines (born 21 September 1961) is an Australian politician who has served as the independent MP for the Victorian seat of Indi since the 2019 federal election.

Adapted and shortened from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Date of birth: 1961-09-21
Place of birth: Colac, Australia
APH identifier: 282335

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot. A documented connection shows proximity, not influence.

Open in full network

No relationships are visible under the current filters.

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Valid-time history

View this person on a date

Choose a date to inspect role, party and term facts that were valid then. The historical card is separate from the current profile context.

DateReturn to current

History controls need JavaScript; the current static profile remains available without it.

Current and senior roles

23 July 2025–presentMember of the Speaker's Panel

Committee service

1 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport
1 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Appropriations and Administration
15 March 2021–17 February 2022House of Representatives Standing — Environment and Energy — Supplementary member
18 September 2019–11 April 2022Joint Standing — National Broadband Network
29 July 2019–15 March 2022House of Representatives Select — Regional Australia
24 July 2019–29 July 2019House of Representatives Standing — Employment, Education and Training

Qualifications

Date not recordedPhD (MedSc)
Date not recordedMPH
Date not recordedGrad(AICD)
Date not recordedBNursing

Occupations

1 January 2018–1 January 2019Executive Director for Education and Research at Northeast Health, Wangaratta from 2018 to 2019.
1 January 2018–1 January 2019Company director at Indigo Power from 2018 to 2019.
1 January 2016–1 January 2019Board member at St Catherine's, Wangaratta from 2016 to 2019.
1 January 2014–1 January 2014Postdoctoral fellow at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2014.
1 January 2014–1 January 2019Adjunct Visiting Research Fellow at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden from 2014 to 2019.
1 January 2012–1 January 2015Company director at Hume Medicare Local from 2012 to 2015.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — presentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Elected to the House of Representatives for Indi, Victoria, 2019.Source

Sources and methodology

Parliament of AustraliaPerson biography and official service history.WikipediaPerson biography and official service history.They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures.WikidataIdentity, parliamentary eligibility and public records.WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.

Corrections

Help correct the record

Read the correction guidance; feedback is not currently open.