26 Facts About Jordon Steele-John

Jordon Alexander Steele-John was born on 14 October 1994 and is a British-born Australian politician and disability rights advocate.

Jordon Steele-John is a member of the Australian Senate as a representative of Western Australia, and is a member of the Australian Greens.

Jordon Steele-John began his political career in 2013, and was elected by declaration to the Senate in 2017.

Over his time as a Senator, Jordon Steele-John has used his position in Parliament to spearhead the Disability Royal Commission, launch Senate inquiries into dental care and ADHD assessment and support, fight for climate action, and bring the rights of young people, queer people, and disabled people to the forefront of political discourse.

Jordon Steele-John cites his upbringing and his parents as a major influence on his political standings.

Jordon Steele-John is a disability advocate who, as a student, campaigned for the Greens in both federal and state elections.

Jordon Steele-John says he joined the Greens due to their grassroots system that put their members and voters at the centre of the political process.

Jordon Steele-John renounced British citizenship at age eighteen in preparation for the 2013 federal election, and currently only holds Australian citizenship.

Jordon Steele-John was first a candidate at the age of 18.

Jordon Steele-John was a candidate in the March 2013 state election in the electorate of Warnbro, the September 2013 federal election in the electorate of Fremantle and in the April 2014 special half-senate election which followed the result of the 2013 election being voided by the Court of Disputed Returns.

Jordon Steele-John entered the Australian Senate after Western Australian Senator Scott Ludlam was forced to resign when he was found to be a dual citizen and in contravention of section 44 of the Australian Constitution.

On 27 October 2017, the High Court of Australia, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, ordered the Australian Electoral Commission to conduct a recount of senate ballots in Western Australia, and Jordon Steele-John was declared elected at age twenty-three, making him the youngest sitting member in the Australian parliament and youngest senator.

Jordon Steele-John has been on 9 Joint Standing Committees, 8 Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing committees and 4 Senate Select committees including one as chair.

On 19 September 2023, Jordon Steele-John appeared on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, in which he speaks with Crabb about being the youngest senator, as well as his early life and progression into politics.

In February 2018, Jordon Steele-John called for a Royal Commission into disabled prisoner abuse.

In 2019, Jordon Steele-John's campaigning successfully led to the establishment of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

In 2020, Jordon Steele-John successfully campaigned for a compensation scheme for thalidomide survivors, and in 2021 pressured the government to abolish independent assessments in the NDIS.

Jordon Steele-John continues to campaign to increase the Disability Support Pension and Carer Payment.

In 2023, Jordon Steele-John expressed his support for the expansion of ADHD diagnoses and treatments to more Australians.

Jordon Steele-John cited the enormous stigmatisation of people with ADHD and the inaccessibility of the medication as motivating factors for this.

In 2021, Jordon Steele-John took on the Australian Greens' Health and Mental Health portfolio and announced the Greens' policy to expand Medicare to cover mental health treatment.

In 2020, Jordon Steele-John introduced the Defence Amendment Bill 2020, which seeks to ensure the decision to go to war is made by the Parliament, not the Prime Minister.

An active anti-nuclear campaigner, Jordon Steele-John is a strong advocate for Australia's signing of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and to rethink the AUKUS alliance.

In February 2018, Jordon Steele-John expressed disappointment at the lack of government support for the Australian video game development industry.

In 2018, Jordon Steele-John introduced a bill to lower the voting age to sixteen.

Jordon Steele-John argued that age would be in line with Austria, Argentina, Brazil and Scotland.