29 Facts About Jason Falinski

Jason Falinski was first elected as the Member for Mackellar for the Liberal Party in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 Australian election and was re-elected at the 2019 Australian election.

Jason Falinski lost his re-election bid in the 2022 Australian federal election to independent candidate Sophie Scamps.

Jason Falinski was elected as President of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party in 2023.

Jason Falinski was born on 24 August 1970 in Manly, New South Wales.

Jason Falinski is the oldest of four children born to Jill and Stanley Falinski.

Jason Falinski's father was born in Soviet Kyrgyzstan to Jewish parents originally from Poland and Russia, who had been subject to Soviet population transfers during World War II.

Jason Falinski attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, then graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics.

Jason Falinski later completed an MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW Sydney.

Jason Falinski and his brother Tim worked for computer retailer Osborne, of which his father was a co-founder and managing director until its collapse in 1995.

Jason Falinski worked as an adviser to former Liberal leaders John Hewson and Barry O'Farrell, and was a spokesman for the Australian Republican Movement.

Jason Falinski worked in corporate affairs for Credit Union Services Corporation Limited, and in strategy and mergers and acquisitions for IAG before setting up his own company, CareWell Health, in 2005.

Jason Falinski was elected to Warringah Council in September 2008 as a Councillor for A Ward.

Jason Falinski was elected as Bishop's successor at the 2016 federal election.

Jason Falinski was re-elected for a second term at the 2019 federal election, but was defeated by independent candidate Sophie Scamps in the 2022 federal election.

Jason Falinski has called for reform of the Australian Taxation Office, stating that the onus of proof should lie with the ATO, not the taxpayer, in relation to allegations of fraud or evasion.

Jason Falinski has called for the introduction of a taxpayer bill of rights, and to empower the tax ombudsman with powers similar to the taxpayer advocate service in the US.

Jason Falinski has indicated his support for proposals to extend a metro line from Chatswood to Frenchs Forest to combat congestion on the Northern Beaches.

Jason Falinski is a supporter of the Beaches Link, and has expressed his disappointment at delays to the project due to lacklustre funding commitments from the Government of New South Wales following the resignation of Gladys Berejiklian.

In March 2022, Jason Falinski was successful in securing a $75 million budget commitment from the Commonwealth Government to carry out these upgrades, and this commitment which was matched by the NSW State Government bringing the total investment to $150 million.

In October 2021, Jason Falinski was named as one of several moderate Liberal MPs pressuring the Morrison Government to commit to a net-zero by 2050 target in the lead up to COP26, which they ultimately succeeded in doing.

Jason Falinski was credited with hosting and convening regular zoom meetings with like-minded colleagues to discuss how they could get the Prime Minister Scott Morrison to commit to their position.

Jason Falinski has called for reform to political advertising laws to ensure truth in advertising laws apply to political parties and candidates.

Jason Falinski was one of several politicians featured in Craig Reucassel's documentary on political donations and lobbying, Big Deal.

In March 2021, Jason Falinski co-wrote an opinion piece with the outgoing member for Boothby, Nicolle Flint MP, calling for the Liberal Party of Australia to consider adopting a candidates list, in a similar vein to the model introduced by David Cameron to the UK Conservatives.

In late 2017, Jason Falinski was one of several MPs and Senators who was identified as being potentially ineligible to serve in Parliament due to being in breach of Section 44 of the Australian Constitution, in Jason Falinski's case because of his Polish heritage through his father.

Jason Falinski provided legal advice indicating he did not hold Polish citizenship and was ultimately not one of the MPs or Senators who were required to resign.

The incident involving Jason Falinski centred around communications sent to super fund trustees in his electorate inviting them to attend a $25 a head function where the Liberal committee chair, Tim Wilson, was billed as the guest speaker.

Also in 2019, Jason Falinski was accused of misusing research by cherry picking statistics to justify the government imposing a drug testing policy on welfare recipients.

At the 2022 election, Jason Falinski attended a joint event with the Liberal candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves, who had attracted controversy for comments describing transgender children as "surgically mutilated and sterilised".