Nigel Scullion

Nigel Scullion is an English-born Australian politician. He has been a Country Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate for the Northern Territory since November 2001. Mr Scullion was the deputy leader of the National Party between 2007 and 2013 and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Leader of the Nationals in the Senate. Mr Scullion has been the Minister for Indigenous Affairs since September 2013 and has served in the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison Governments. Mr Scullion decided to retire from politics at the 2019 federal election.