Edwina Jane Hume (née Exell; born 30 April 1971) is an Australian politician who has been a senator for Victoria since 2016, representing the Liberal Party.

[1] She is one of two daughters born to Steve and Louise Exell;[2] her father was a senior executive with Quaker Oats and later worked as a management consultant and business broker.

[1] Hume was a vice-president of Deutsche Bank Australia from 2008 to 2009 and later served on the boards of the Royal Children's Hospital (2011–2016) and Fed Square Pty Ltd (2015–2016).

[9] Prime Minister Scott Morrison subsequently intervened to ensure incumbent senators Hume and Paterson were re-endorsed, following opposition from the party's conservative wing.

[1] In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald after her appointment, she described Australia's superannuation system as "inefficient" due to "high fees, duplicate accounts, underperforming funds and unnecessary insurance".

[16] In May 2021, Hume stated her philosophy on regulating the cryptocurrency sector, arguing that it was up to Australian investors to "be sensible enough to judge for themselves whether to put their hard earned money into higher-risk assets".

She also said that influencers and social media users offering investment advice should not be subject to the stricter guidelines imposed on registered financial advisers.

[17] In September 2022, Hume spoke in favour of a bill to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997, which bars Australia's territory governments from legislating for assisted suicide.