Lisa Singh

The Honourable
Lisa Singh
The Honourable Lisa Singh
Senator for Tasmania
	In office; 1 July 2011 – 30 June 2019
Minister for Corrections and Consumer Protection; of Tasmania;
	In office; 26 November 2008 – 13 April 2010
Minister for Workplace Relations; of Tasmania;
	In office; 26 November 2008 – 13 April 2010
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly; for Denison
	In office; 18 March 2006 – 13 April 2010
Personal details
Born	Lisa Maria Singh; 20 February 1972; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Political party	Labor
Relations	Raman Pratap Singh (uncle), Ram Jati Singh (grandfather)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Tasmania; Macquarie University;

Lisa Maria Singh (born 20 February 1972) is an Australian former politician. She was a Senator for Tasmania from 2011 to 2019. She had previously been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the division of Denison from 2006 to 2010. The granddaughter of an Indo-Fijian member of the Parliament of Fiji, Singh was Australia's first female federal parliamentarian of Indian descent.

After leaving politics she worked as Head of Government Advocacy for Walk Free, an international human rights organisation and initiative of the Minderoo Foundation. She is currently the Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute, the University of Melbourne’s centre dedicated to promoting support for and understanding of the bilateral relationship. She is also the former Deputy Chair of the Australia India Council. She sits on the advisory councils of Asialink and the Australian Human Rights Institute.

In 2023 she joined the Board of Directors of Beyond Blue, Australia's well known and trusted mental health organisation.

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