Sophie Mirabella
Sophie Mirabella

B.Comm LLB (Melb) LLM (Melb)

Sophie Mirabella (Panopoulos ’86) was born in 1968 to Greek migrant parents and learnt the value of hard work and entrepreneurial spirit by working after school and on weekends in the family milk bar from the age of 12.

Sophie Mirabella (Panopoulos ’86) was born in 1968 to Greek migrant parents and learnt the value of hard work and entrepreneurial spirit by working after school and on weekends in the family milk bar from the age of 12.

After School, she studied Law and Commerce at the University of Melbourne and worked as a solicitor and then barrister.

Sophie was a leading spokesperson against the push for an Australian republic as an elected delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention in February 1998. In 2001, she was elected the Federal Member for Indi, a large and diverse electorate centred around Wangaratta.

Sophie married Greg Mirabella in June 2006, and the couple have two daughters, Alexandra and Katerina.

In 2008 Sophie was appointed Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth and in 2009 was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science.

After losing the seat of Indi in the 2013 Federal Election, Sophie was appointed a Public Policy Fellow at the University of Melbourne and a Director of the Australian Submarine Corporation before deciding to re-contest the seat of Indi at the 2016 election.

Sophie enjoys renovating period homes, Byzantine and Mediterranean history, classic movies and skiing.

Updated January 2016