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| office = 23rd [[Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations]]
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==Parliamentary career==
{{See also|Abbott Government|Turnbull Government}}
[[File:Mitch Fifield.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Fifield during his parliamentary career]]
On 31 March 2004, Fifield was appointed by the [[Parliament of Victoria]] under section 15 of the [[Australian Constitution]] to fill the [[Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament|casual vacancy]] in the Australian Senate caused by the resignation in February 2004 of [[Richard Alston (politician)|Richard Alston]]. Fifield was re-elected at the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 federal election]].<ref name="Parlbio"/> After the 2010 election, Fifield was appointed the Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector and Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/parl/43/Shadow/index.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917122739/http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/parl/43/Shadow/index.htm |archivedate=17 September 2010 }}</ref>
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