32 Facts About Andrew Bragg

Andrew James Bragg was born on 11 July 1984 and is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for New South Wales at the 2019 federal election.

Andrew Bragg was born in Melbourne and grew up in Shepparton, Victoria.

Andrew Bragg attended local Catholic schools before going on to study accounting at the Australian National University.

Andrew Bragg's father and three of his grandparents were born in the United Kingdom, and he was a British citizen by descent until renouncing it in December 2017.

Andrew Bragg then served seven years at the Financial Services Council first in superannuation and asset management policy and later as head of policy.

Andrew Bragg became the executive director of the Business Council of Australia in August 2017.

Andrew Bragg was considered an ally of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Andrew Bragg was a candidate for Liberal preselection at the 2018 Wentworth by-election, caused by Turnbull's retirement from parliament.

Andrew Bragg was considered the frontrunner for a period, but withdrew from the race due to concerns that the preselection of a male candidate would be poorly received.

Andrew Bragg stated that "the Liberal Party should preselect a woman and my withdrawal can pave the way".

In 2018, Andrew Bragg won preselection on the Coalition's Senate ticket.

Andrew Bragg was elected to the Senate at the 2019 federal election.

Andrew Bragg serves on Senate committees focused on financial technology, economics, and financial services.

Andrew Bragg led the effort to create a year-long inquiry into Australia's financial technology sector then chaired the resulting committee.

Andrew Bragg formed a 15-person advisory committee of legal and business experts to advise the Australian government on policies that could increase the country's competitiveness with countries like China in the financial technology sector.

Andrew Bragg led a motion requiring the Australian Broadcasting Corporation disclose information about its content-sharing agreement with The New Daily.

Andrew Bragg is a member of the Moderate Faction of the Liberal Party.

Andrew Bragg is a vocal critic of industry superannuation funds, which invest mandatory retirement contributions from workers.

Andrew Bragg lobbied other politicians to support the legislation as well.

Andrew Bragg supported having the Australian government purchase the copyrights to the Aboriginal flag, so constituents could use the flag without worrying about copyright infringement.

Andrew Bragg urged the Australian legislature to pass regulations for cryptocurrency in an effort to encourage cryptocurrency companies to start in Australia.

Andrew Bragg advocated for big tech companies like Facebook and Google to make a proportional number of content deals with smaller publishers as they do with larger ones.

Andrew Bragg participated in negotiations between Facebook and smaller news organizations to broker content agreements with a more diverse range of publishers.

Andrew Bragg was an important figure in the "Consumer Data Right" privacy legislation.

Andrew Bragg contributes to The Australian Financial Review, The Daily Telegraph and The Australian and appears on the ABC and Sky News.

Andrew Bragg is the author of Fit for Service, the essay "Scrap Iron for Japan" in Paul Ritchie's Forgotten People Updated, and Bad Egg: How to Fix Super.

Andrew Bragg published a book called Buraadja: The Liberal Case for National Reconciliation, a three-part series focused on the history of the rights of Indigenous Australians.

Andrew Bragg was married to Melanie Evans, CEO of ING Australia.

In March 2020, Andrew Bragg tested positive for coronavirus as part of a cluster of cases associated with a wedding.

Andrew Bragg is a Grand Commander in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia's Order of Christ-loving.

Andrew Bragg was awarded the honour by Archbishop Makarios after assisting the archbishop to obtain Australian permanent residency.

Andrew Bragg is reportedly "the first non-Greek and non-Orthodox person to receive the highest honour that the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia can bestow".