Alan Tudge

In June 2017 Tudge, and Liberal Party colleagues Greg Hunt and Michael Sukkar, faced the possibility of being prosecuted for contempt of court after they made public statements criticising the sentencing decisions of two senior judges while the government was awaiting their ruling on a related appeal. They avoided prosecution by, eventually, making an unconditional apology to the Victorian Court of Appeal. Conviction could have resulted in their expulsion from the parliament under Constitution s 44(ii) and, as a result, the government losing its one-seat majority in the House of Representatives.

As Human Services Minister, in 2016–17 Tudge oversaw the implementing of the Cashless Welfare Card, a scheme by which is 80% of welfare payments goes into the Card.

Tudge was born in Pakenham, Victoria, an outer suburb of Melbourne. He was born a British citizen by descent, but renounced his dual citizenship before standing for parliament in 2010. His mother was born in Scotland and his father in England, while his maternal grandfather was born in Canada. Tudge was educated at Haileybury before attending the University of Melbourne, where he completed a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts; he subsequently completed a Master of Business Administration at Harvard University. Following a period as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group, he became an adviser on Education and Foreign Affairs to the Howard Government; he subsequently ran his own policy advisory firm.

Tudge succeeded Liberal MP Chris Pearce as Member for Aston, who retired from politics, at the 2010 federal election. Following the 2013 federal election and the formation of the Abbott Ministry, Tudge was appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. In February 2016 Tudge was sworn in as the Minister for Human Services in the Turnbull Government.

He supports North Melbourne Kangaroos AFL team. In 2001, during his time at Boston Consulting Group, Tudge was a secondee in an organisation in Cape York, placed through Jawun.

Alan Tudge (born 24 February 1971) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, representing the Division of Aston for the Liberal Party. He has been a government minister since 2016, serving as Minister for Human Services (2016–2017), Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (2017–2018), and Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure (2018–present). He was promoted to Cabinet after the 2019 federal election.