Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives (2016–present) Mark Regev, Israeli Ambassador in Kensington, London, England (2015–2017) Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing 2007–2011, Attorney-General of Australia 2011–2013 Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives (1998–2013) Elias Solomon, former member of Federal Parliament Vaiben Louis Solomon, premier of South Australia and member of the House of Representatives for South Australia Local body politicians Maurice Ashkanasy, Vice-chairman of Victorian Bar Council and member of Australian Labor party Hajnal Ban, politician, author Peter Baume, Liberal cabinet minister, chancellor of the Australian National University Joe Berinson, Member of Federal Parliament, Minister in Whitlam's third Cabinet, State Upper house member, State Labor cabinet minister and Attorney General of Western Australia Ian Cohen, Greens member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1995–2011) Philip Dalidakis, Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council Linda Dessau, Governor of Victoria (from 2015) Marcus Einfeld, human rights activist, former Federal Court judge and convicted perjurer Sydney Einfeld, New South Wales Minister for Consumer Affairs (1976–1981) Vida Goldstein, suffragette Jennifer Huppert, Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council (2009–2010) Martin Indyk, United States ambassador to Israel (1995–1997 and 2000–2001) Walter Jona, Victorian State Minister Dr John Kaye, Greens member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Sir Richard Kingsland, Public Servant, RAAF pilot who rescued two senior British WWII leaders in Morocco in 1940 Henry Ninio, Lord Mayor of Adelaide, co-founder of Progressive Judaism in Adelaide Martin Pakula, Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, Attorney-General 2014-Since Leo Port, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1975–1978) Julius Roe, Fair Work Australia Commissioner, former head of Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Eric Roozendaal, NSW Labor cabinet minister (2008–2011) David Southwick, Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly James Wolfensohn, World Bank president Sir Albert Wolff, Chief Justice of Western Australia Religious figures Rabbi Dr Joseph Abrahams, prominent Melbourne rabbi of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in 1911 did not take up the call as Chief Rabbi on account of ill health Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple, Senior Rabbi of the Great Synagogue of Sydney, Senior Rabbi to the Australian Defence Force, Registrar of the Sydney Beth Din, author of OzTorah.com, and the leading spokesperson for Jews and Judaism in Australia from 1972 to 2005 Rabbi Elias Blaubaum, rabbi at St Kilda Hebrew Congregation for 40 years, newspaper editor Rabbi Abraham Tobias Boas, rabbi in Adelaide for about 40 years Rabbi