Peter Khalil

Khalil conforms to classical Labor concerns for Australia, particularly that its "...wages have been stagnant under this government, there’s been underemployment and a lack of investment." However, he was an early supporter of Government tax cuts after the 2019 election. On energy, Khalil has withdrawn support from the Adani because "it doesn't stack up commercially and environmentally." He sees gas differently, believing that as Australia moves towards a less carbon intensive future, "Gas is a good transitional source."

Khalil was appointed the Deputy Chair to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties in mid 2019, working alongside Dave Sharma. He has stated himself to be "a very strong supporter of the US alliance." Khalil expresses great concern about the health of global institutions that once could be expected to follow democratic principles. He has been critical of the World Health Organization when it allowed the re-opening of Chinese wet markets, saying he was, "flabbergasted." Recently it's said he has been approached to join Parliamentary Friends of Democracy with fellow Labor colleague Senator Kimberley Kitching and several Coalition figures. Khalil has contributed to The Tocsin the official publication of the social democratic think tank, John Curtin Research Centre. In May 2020, Khalil joined 20 other Australian parliamentarians, from several parties, in making a statement against the Chinese Communist Party's decision to assume greater over Hong Kong, the message read, in part, "This is a comprehensive assault on the city’s autonomy, rule of law, and fundamental freedoms. The integrity of one-country, two-systems hangs by a thread."

Khalil was preselected as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the federal Division of Wills at the 2016 federal election. He assumed office as the new member for seat in the 2016 Australian federal election and succeeded the previous member, Kelvin Thomson. He was re-elected to his seat in the 2019 Australian federal election increasing his primary vote by 6%.

Khalil worked as a policy analyst in the Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group of the Department of Defence, the Director of National Security Policy of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and an Assistant Director of the Iraq Task Force of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He then worked as National Security Adviser to Kevin Rudd as both Leader of the Opposition and Prime Minister in 2007 and as Senior Adviser to Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon in 2008.

Khalil was a professional tennis player and competed on the International Tennis Federation tour during 1995–98.

Peter Khalil (born 23 March 1973) is an Australian politician and the Labor Member for Wills in the Australian House of Representatives. Prior to entering parliament, Khalil worked as a consultant, the Victorian Multicultural Commissioner, the Director of Strategy at the Special Broadcasting Service, and a national security policy adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Khalil's parents migrated to Australia from Egypt in 1970 and their experience has significantly affected his later political outlook, "They were striving to seek a better life in Australia. They were seeking a life of security, and opportunity and prosperity." He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws in 1996 from the University of Melbourne and completed a Masters of International Law at the Australian National University in 2001.