Luke Gosling OAM MP is the Member for Solomon in the Australian parliament, which covers Darwin and Palmerston. He was elected in 2016, 2019, 2022 and re-elected in May 2025. He was appointed the Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans' Affairs and Northern Australia by the Prime Minister in July 2024 and has continued in that role in the new Parliament. He started his working life with Defence, spending 13 years in the Army, including leadership roles in Parachute Infantry, Commandos, Defence Cooperation Programs, and the Northern Territory’s Norforce, as well as overseas service in Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, and Timor-Leste. Mr Gosling was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2006 for his relief work during the 2006 humanitarian crisis in Timor-Leste. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit (Timor-Leste) in 2006 and in 2025 was awarded the Order of Timor-Leste by President José Ramos-Horta.