Rebekha Carina Sharkie (née Che; born 24 August 1972) is an Australian politician and member of the Centre Alliance party.

[2] She attended Eyensbury Senior College for her high school education and went on to study international relations and public policy at Flinders University.

[7] As a high school student, Sharkie had handed out how-to-vote cards for Australian Democrats Janine Haines.

Sharkie told The Australian that when she learned she couldn't stand without the "anointing" of Pyne and Bernardi, she was appalled.

Combined with her anger at the "ditch the witch" campaign against Julia Gillard, she was thus very receptive when then-independent Senator Nick Xenophon announced he was forming his own party to stand candidates in the upcoming federal election.

Initially serving as a volunteer for the newly-formed Nick Xenophon Team, she ultimately agreed to stand in Mayo.

[12] On 9 May 2018, Sharkie announced her resignation from the House of Representatives following the High Court of Australia ruling that Senator Katy Gallagher was ineligible to contest the 2016 election as a consequence of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis.

[14] Sharkie approached finance minister Mathias Cormann in 2019 about funding a research centre in the region that includes the complex ecosystems of the Coorong, Lower Lakes, and Murray Mouth.