James Merlino

James was Shadow Minister for Police and Shadow Minister for the TAC and Road Safety between December 2010 up until February 2012. That same month James was named Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Education.

Following Labor’s victory at the 2014 state election, it was an honour for James to be sworn in as Deputy Premier and Minister for Education in the Andrews Labor Government. In 2016, James also became the Minister for Emergency Services.

James was honoured to again be sworn in as Deputy Premier and Minister for Education in the Andrews Government following the 2018 state election.