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Peter Khalil
Peter Khalil (born 23 March 1973) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Victorian seat of Wills.
Khalil was born in Melbourne to Egyptian Coptic parents. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and Australian National University, subsequently working for the Department of Defence and Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs. He briefly worked in Iraq with the Coalition Provisional Authority and later worked in the United States as analyst with the Brookings Institution and Eurasia Group. In 2007, Khalil was appointed as national security adviser to ALP leader Kevin Rudd. He was later a director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and member of the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Khalil was born in Melbourne on 23 March 1973. He is the son of Georgette and Fayek Khalil, and is a Coptic Christian. His parents migrated to Australia from Egypt in 1970. His father was a lawyer before moving to Australia, subsequently working for Australia Post and serving on the state executive of the Postal and Telecommunications Union. His mother worked in childcare, as an interpreter, and in the printing department of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Khalil lived in public housing as a child. After leaving school, he competed on the international tennis circuit and was once ranked No. 25 domestically for singles. He competed in the boys' singles tournament at the 1990 Australian Open, losing to Todd Larkham in the first round. In 1996 Khalil gained the degrees of BA and LL.B. from the University of Melbourne and in 2001 graduated as a Master of Laws in the field of international law at the Australian National University.
After graduating from ANU, Khalil joined the Department of Defence as a strategic defence policy analyst. In 2003 he was seconded to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq, a body established by the US-led coalition forces during the Iraq War to govern the country after the removal of Saddam Hussein. He was appointed as the CPA's director of national security policy, reporting to CPA leader Paul Bremer and other CPA officials. Khalil lived in the Republican Palace, Baghdad, with his role including "providing advice on counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency, negotiating with Iraqi political leaders and working to rebuild Iraqi government ministries". As an Arabic speaker he met frequently with Iraqis, where he "made an effort to meet tribal leaders and religious leaders, academics and professionals as well as average people around the country to get their views".
Khalil returned to Australia in May 2004 and transferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as assistant director of Iraq policy. In October 2004 he moved to New York City to take up an appointment as a visiting fellow with the Brookings Institution, working under fellow Australian expatriate Martin Indyk as part of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World within the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. After a year he moved to the Eurasia Group.
In February 2007, Khalil was appointed as principal national security adviser to opposition leader Kevin Rudd. He continued to work for Rudd after he became prime minister following the 2007 federal election, later moving to the office of defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon in 2008 as a senior adviser. On the issue of asylum seekers coming to Australia, reports from the US Embassy in 2009 show that Khalil actively advised Rudd to "calmly and rationally put the issue in perspective", specifically "that there were about 60,000 cases of visa over-stayers per year, while only 1000 asylum seekers entered Australian waters by boat by that stage in 2009". While working at the Brookings Institution, Khalil was an informant for the Embassy of the United States about internal Labor Party disputes surrounding refugee policy.
After leaving his role as a parliamentary adviser, Khalil joined lobbying firm Hawker Britton as an associate. In 2012 he was appointed as director of strategy and communications for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). He was also appointed to the Victorian Multicultural Commission in 2015, and was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Centre for International Security.
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Peter Khalil
Peter Khalil (born 23 March 1973) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Victorian seat of Wills.
Khalil was born in Melbourne to Egyptian Coptic parents. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and Australian National University, subsequently working for the Department of Defence and Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs. He briefly worked in Iraq with the Coalition Provisional Authority and later worked in the United States as analyst with the Brookings Institution and Eurasia Group. In 2007, Khalil was appointed as national security adviser to ALP leader Kevin Rudd. He was later a director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and member of the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Khalil was born in Melbourne on 23 March 1973. He is the son of Georgette and Fayek Khalil, and is a Coptic Christian. His parents migrated to Australia from Egypt in 1970. His father was a lawyer before moving to Australia, subsequently working for Australia Post and serving on the state executive of the Postal and Telecommunications Union. His mother worked in childcare, as an interpreter, and in the printing department of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Khalil lived in public housing as a child. After leaving school, he competed on the international tennis circuit and was once ranked No. 25 domestically for singles. He competed in the boys' singles tournament at the 1990 Australian Open, losing to Todd Larkham in the first round. In 1996 Khalil gained the degrees of BA and LL.B. from the University of Melbourne and in 2001 graduated as a Master of Laws in the field of international law at the Australian National University.
After graduating from ANU, Khalil joined the Department of Defence as a strategic defence policy analyst. In 2003 he was seconded to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq, a body established by the US-led coalition forces during the Iraq War to govern the country after the removal of Saddam Hussein. He was appointed as the CPA's director of national security policy, reporting to CPA leader Paul Bremer and other CPA officials. Khalil lived in the Republican Palace, Baghdad, with his role including "providing advice on counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency, negotiating with Iraqi political leaders and working to rebuild Iraqi government ministries". As an Arabic speaker he met frequently with Iraqis, where he "made an effort to meet tribal leaders and religious leaders, academics and professionals as well as average people around the country to get their views".
Khalil returned to Australia in May 2004 and transferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as assistant director of Iraq policy. In October 2004 he moved to New York City to take up an appointment as a visiting fellow with the Brookings Institution, working under fellow Australian expatriate Martin Indyk as part of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World within the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. After a year he moved to the Eurasia Group.
In February 2007, Khalil was appointed as principal national security adviser to opposition leader Kevin Rudd. He continued to work for Rudd after he became prime minister following the 2007 federal election, later moving to the office of defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon in 2008 as a senior adviser. On the issue of asylum seekers coming to Australia, reports from the US Embassy in 2009 show that Khalil actively advised Rudd to "calmly and rationally put the issue in perspective", specifically "that there were about 60,000 cases of visa over-stayers per year, while only 1000 asylum seekers entered Australian waters by boat by that stage in 2009". While working at the Brookings Institution, Khalil was an informant for the Embassy of the United States about internal Labor Party disputes surrounding refugee policy.
After leaving his role as a parliamentary adviser, Khalil joined lobbying firm Hawker Britton as an associate. In 2012 he was appointed as director of strategy and communications for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). He was also appointed to the Victorian Multicultural Commission in 2015, and was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Centre for International Security.