Marielle Smith

Marielle Catherine Feuerherdt Smith (born 30 December 1986) is a member of the Australian Senate for South Australia. She was elected in the 2019 Australian federal election as the second name on the Australian Labor Party list. Her term of six years commenced on 1 July 2019.

Before being elected, Smith had been a public policy advisor to the Gillard government andworked with a family-owned public transport company. She can drive articulated buses.

Smith worked with Julia Gillard on global education policy for almost five years. She regards both Gillard (Australia's first female prime minister) and Kate Ellis (the previous member for Adelaide) as mentors.