The Hon Pat Conroy MP is Australia’s longest serving Minister for the Pacific, having been appointed to the role in 2022, and is the only one to serve in Cabinet.
Across over 30 visits to 12 Pacific countries, his focus is on listening to the priorities of the Pacific family – and delivering them.
Since his appointment he has acted on climate change through the Pacific Resilience Facility and Pacific Climate Infrastructure Financing Program and re-focused Australia’s international development program on our region.
Furthermore, Minister Conroy has helped deliver groundbreaking new agreements with Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu and Nauru that uniquely respond to the priorities of each country.
Minister Conroy is working to build a more stable, secure and prosperous Pacific because he knows that Australia’s future is tied to that of our Pacific neighbours.
He grew up on the New South Wales Central Coast, completed an Economics degree with Honours at the University of Sydney, and worked in a range of industrial, policy and political roles prior to his election in 2013 as a Federal Member of Parliament. He was elevated into the Ministry after the 2022 Federal Election and into the Cabinet in 2024. Minister Conroy also serves as the Minister for Defence Industry.