Michael Keenan represented the Seat of Stirling in the House of Representatives from 2004 until his retirement in 2019. During that time he served in Cabinet, the Ministry and the Shadow Ministry.

Between 2017 and 2019 he served as Minister for Human Services and Digital Transformation. He previously served as Minister for Justice between 2013 and 2017 and Minister for Counter-Terrorism from 2015 - 2017.

He is a Director of public and private companies in Australia and Singapore.

He studied at Murdoch University, Charles University in Prague, the Australian National University and has a Masters in International Relations from Cambridge University.

Michael was appointed to the ASPI Council on 28 March 2022.