1. Cameron Lionel Murphy AM MLC was born on 30 March 1973 and is an Australian barrister, civil libertarian and Labor Party member of the NSW Legislative Council.
21 Facts About Cameron Murphy
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Cameron Murphy is best known for his role as the President of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties from 1999 to 2013 and was endorsed as the ALP candidate in the seat of East Hills for the March 2015 and March 2019 NSW state elections, which he narrowly lost.
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Cameron Murphy was the seventh person elected to the NSW Legislative Council at the 2023 NSW state election.
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Cameron Murphy is the son of former Attorney-General and High Court Justice, Lionel Cameron Murphy and Ingrid Gee.
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Cameron Murphy has two siblings, a half sister Lorel and a brother Blake.
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Cameron Murphy was educated at Macquarie University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws.
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Cameron Murphy is married to Agatha and has two children, a son and a daughter.
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Cameron Murphy was an intern under the Australian Council of Trade Unions 'Organising Works' program in its inaugural year, 1994, where he trained in recruitment and organising of workers.
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In 2012, Cameron Murphy stood as a candidate in the NSW Labor Party's trial community preselection for the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney.
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Cameron Murphy was unsuccessful, with Linda Scott winning the community preselection.
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In 2014, Cameron Murphy was preselected as the Labor candidate for the state electorate of East Hills, defeating Nicole Campbell in a rank and file preselection by 103 votes to 61.
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Cameron Murphy was narrowly defeated by the sitting Liberal Party member at the 2015 New South Wales state election.
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Cameron Murphy again was narrowly defeated in the 2019 State Election for Electoral district of East Hills losing by just 429 votes.
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In 2022, Cameron Murphy ran for preselection for the NSW Legislative Council within the Socialist Left Faction of the Labor Party.
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Cameron Murphy came fourth behind Rose Jackson, John Graham and Mich Veitch after a number of his voters were excluded from participating in the ballot.
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Cameron Murphy then nominated at the NSW State Labor Conference for a position on the NSW Legislative Council ticket, running against the factional tickets.
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Cameron Murphy was successful and was preselected at the number 3 position on the Labor ticket for the NSW Legislative Council at the 2023 NSW State Election.
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Cameron Murphy was declared elected in 7th position for the NSW Legislative Council at the 2023 NSW Election.
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In October 2023, Cameron Murphy signed an open letter which condemned attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war.
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In 2013, Cameron Murphy was a finalist for the Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights Awards 2013 in the "Community Award - Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Award" category.
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In 2013, Cameron Murphy was made an Honorary Life Member of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties.