Tim Ayres
Tim Ayres | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Minister for Industry and Innovation Minister for Science | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Ed Husic (as Minister for Industry and Science) |
| Assistant Minister for Trade | |
| In office 1 June 2022 – 13 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | David Gillespie (as Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment) |
| Succeeded by | Matt Thistlethwaite (as Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade) |
| Senator for New South Wales | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Duncan Spender |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1973 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Party | Labor |
| Education | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Trade unionist politician |
Timothy Ayres (born 18 December 1973) is an Australian politician and trade unionist who was elected as a Senator for New South Wales at the 2019 federal election. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party and was previously a trade union official with the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU). He has served as the Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science in the Second Albanese ministry since 13 May 2025.