Rae then worked several jobs including as call centre phone operator and childcare worker.
[2] Rae left Victorian Labor to join PwC as a Partner in their strategy and management consulting division, where he worked until his election to Parliament.
Rae was preselected for the newly established seat of Hawke in June 2021 by the Australian Labor Party.
In March 2023, Rae was accused of interjecting during a Parliamentary contribution from the Member for Moncrieff Angie Bell.
[6] On the ABC's Insiders program that aired the weekend of the incident, contributor Nikki Savva noted “over the past few weeks, the Liberal party has been trying to construct a narrative of bullying by Labor MPs against Liberal women and often the claims that have been made have been misleading or exaggerated”.