Lauren Jane Moss (born 6 May 1987) is an Australian politician. She was elected theLabor member forCasuarina in theNorthern Territory Legislative Assembly in aby-election held on 18 October 2014 to replaceKon Vatskalis, a seat which she held for 10 years. She is the youngest ever member of Northern Territory Parliament. Prior to entering politics she was a youth advocate.^[1]

Born inCrewe in the United Kingdom, Moss has lived in the Northern Territory since emigrating to Australia in 1999.^[2] She has a Bachelor of Business fromCharles Darwin University andMonash University. Before entering politics, she ran a small business and worked in mental health services.^{[citation needed]}

She won an Excellence in Youth Leadership award at the NTYoung Achiever Awards and the NT Pride of Australia Young Leader Medal. She was also a finalist in the NTYoung Australian of the Year,Darwin City Council Young Citizen of the Year, andThe Australian Woman's Weekly Women of the Future.^[3]

Moss is the youngest ever member of the Northern Territory Parliament and is the second member of Indian descent. Moss' grandfather was from India and migrated to England.^[3]

Moss became the Member forCasuarina at aby-election held on 18 October 2014 to replaceKon Vatskalis who retired. She was re-elected at the2016 Northern Territory Election.^[4] She is currently the Minister for Corporate and Information Services and Minister for Tourism and Culture.^[5]

In the2024 Northern Territory general election, she wasunseated byKhoda Patel from theCountry Liberal Party.^[6]

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