1. Jane Furneaux Garrett was an Australian politician.
13 Facts About Jane Garrett
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Jane Garrett was the Labor Party member for Brunswick in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 until 2018, when she transferred to the Victorian Legislative Council representing Eastern Victoria.
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Jane Garrett became an Associate to Justice Alan Boultan of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission in 1997, was an articled clerk with Holding Redlich in 1998, a union officer with the Transport Workers' Union in 1999, a senior adviser to Steve Bracks from 2000 to 2004 and a lawyer at Slater and Gordon from 2004 to 2010.
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Jane Garrett was a City of Yarra councillor from 2008 to 2010 and was mayor in 2010.
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Jane Garrett was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2010 state election after winning Labor endorsement to contest the increasingly marginal seat of Brunswick.
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In opposition, Jane Garrett was Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services from February 2012 to December 2013 and Shadow Cabinet Secretary from December 2013 until Labor's victory at the 2014 state election.
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Jane Garrett became Minister for Emergency Services and Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation in December 2014 following Labor's return to government.
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Jane Garrett was reportedly viewed at one stage as a potential future Labor leader.
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Jane Garrett resigned from the Andrews Ministry on 9 June 2016 following a bitter dispute between the Country Fire Authority, the United Firefighters Union, and the Victorian government over an enterprise bargaining agreement, during which she had publicly fallen out with Premier Daniel Andrews.
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In November 2016, Jane Garrett announced on a Facebook post that she had recently undergone a successful operation for breast cancer, and would be taking four months' leave from parliament for treatment and recovery.
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On 27 September 2017, Jane Garrett announced she would not contest Brunswick at the next state election, and would seek preselection for the Victorian Legislative Council seat of Western Metropolitan Region.
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In December 2021, Jane Garrett announced that she would retire from politics at the 2022 state election.
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Jane Garrett's cancer returned in 2022, and she died on 2 July 2022 at the age of 49 in Melbourne.