Ed Husic

Ed Husic

Australia AustraliapoliticianMaleb. 19735.0Global Dominance: 0.02%

Ed Husic is an Australian politician and member of the Australian Labor Party, currently serving as the Minister for Industry and Science. He has been an advocate for boosting Australia's aluminum exports and has emphasized the importance of sustainable practices in the industry, particularly in the context of global trade challenges.

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Ed Husic expressed concerns about conformity without real debate at the Labor conference.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese barely mentions the Liberals – here’s why
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-26
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Ed Husic, a former cabinet minister, said on Saturday, that he didn’t 'give a shit' if Labor heavyweights put him in the freezer after he unsuccessfully tried to convince the party to adopt a resolution recognising genocide and apartheid claims against Israel.

Bad blood simmers within Labor after national conference
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-26
5.0

Husic attempted to force a debate over Israel and Palestine, challenging the party's unity.

Why the party’s focus on unity and silencing dissent could become a long-term political liability
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-25
5.0

Ed Husic is a Labor MP who attempted to force a debate about the conflict in Gaza.

Labor MP Ed Husic’s Gaza motion shut down as party powerbrokers step in
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-25
5.0

Ed Husic is pushing a resolution referencing claims of genocide and apartheid against Israel.

Inside the push for tougher policy motions at the party's national conference
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-24
5.0

Ed Husic has turned into the chief irritant within Labor’s caucus and is the lead advocate on nearly all the issues of importance to the Labor base.

Adelaide event continues after superannuation for Australian teenagers, Fair AI taskforce announcements
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-23
5.0

Ed Husic is mentioned as being deposed from his ministerial position in a factional deal.

Hanson’s DV shocker is a shameless attempt to win men over
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-23
5.0

Labor backbencher Ed Husic spent the day generating momentum for a tax on gas exports that is also fiercely resisted by industry.

Anthony Albanese and ministers temper grassroots demands for radical green agenda
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-23
5.0

Ed Husic has turned into the chief irritant within Labor’s caucus and is the lead advocate on nearly all the issues of importance to the Labor base.

Why Ed Husic is challenging Anthony Albanese on Gaza, gas tax and party policy
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-23
7.0

Causing headaches for Albanese has been a campaign from MPs including Labor’s Ed Husic.

PM to promise new cost-of-living relief and student health subsidies ahead of next election
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-22
4.0

Ed Husic is a former cabinet minister who has been pushing for a stronger criticism of Israel in the platform.

Jewish peak body slams party for removing Hamas disarmament call from draft policy
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-22
5.0

Labor figures Ed Husic and Kim Carr criticised the party over the lack of argument over issues such as AUKUS and tax.

green energy, Israel, voluntary assisted dying policy on agenda
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-19
5.0

Ed Husic has become an irritant for Albanese since he was demoted from cabinet in factional dealings last year.

How Anthony Albanese’s focus on discipline and unity has transformed internal debate
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-18
7.0

Ed Husic, who was drafting AI regulation laws until he was dumped from cabinet last year, said on Tuesday that self-regulation was 'doomed to failure'.

Prime minister to establish new Office of AI within his department
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-14
5.0

Former Labor cabinet minister Ed Husic called for a rethink of the AUKUS plan.

Former minister Ed Husic calls for a rethink as concerns grow over US submarine supply
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-06-02
6.0

Ed Husic shared Jihad Dib's alarm regarding the police's actions during the protests.

The premier legislated for an enforced peace in Sydney. What he got was brutality and more division
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-11
7.0

Federal Labor backbencher and former minister Ed Husic this week said it was 'really hard for me to reconcile the vision of him signing bombs that went on to be dropped on Palestinian homes ... with the notion of social cohesion'.

Israeli President hopes to rekindle ties amid Gaza war tensions, Bondi attack grief
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-06
4.0

Labor backbencher Ed Husic said on Wednesday the trip made him 'very uncomfortable'.

Labor stalls on Trump’s invitation
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-05
5.0

Labor MP Ed Husic said he was 'very uncomfortable' with the visit.

Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit inflaming tensions; Bill Gates denies ‘false’ Epstein accusations as ex-wife speaks on latest tranche of files
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-04
4.0

Ed Husic is mentioned as one of the backbenchers urging for a royal commission.

Family of Lindt cafe victim call for Bondi royal commission, ‘appalled’ by PM invoking siege
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-24
6.0

Labor MP Ed Husic has said a wide-ranging federal investigation was needed.

Albanese stares down backbencher, opposition demands for royal commission
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-22
6.0

Husic is a federal Labor MP who broke ranks to support a national inquiry.

Albanese and Ley clash over bipartisan response to shooting tragedy
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-22
6.0

Husic challenges the Albanese government to be bolder in its reform agenda.

Husic challenges Anthony Albanese over policy ambition
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-11-27
7.0

Labor MP Ed Husic expressed serious concern over the interim findings regarding American Express.

Inside John Smith’s mission to reveal the truth about American Express
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-10-17
6.0

Husic is right to say that 'a lot of people were warned' about the far-right extremists at the rallies.

Albanese must appeal to the ‘good people’ of far right
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-09-04
6.0

Labor MP Ed Husic asked whether Australians with Israeli heritage who fight for Israel should be charged with crimes.

Anthony Albanese warns politicians against fuelling extremism after Jacinta Allan confronted by neo-Nazi
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-09-02
5.0

Federal Labor MP Ed Husic described opposition to the proposal for the Woollahra station as perplexing.

Woollahra’s housing and transport plan ‘old-fashioned toxic masculinity’
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-09-01
6.0