Matthew James Keogh was born on 11 November 1981 and is an Australian politician.
10 Facts About Matt Keogh
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Matt Keogh is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has been Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel in the Albanese government since 2022.
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Matt Keogh has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2016, representing the Western Australian seat of Burt.
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Matt Keogh grew up in the Kelmscott Hills, attending Mazenod College.
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Matt Keogh was a policy officer at the state Department of Premier and Cabinet from 2003 to 2005.
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Matt Keogh joined the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions as a prosecutor in 2006, before moving to private practice in 2011 as a commercial lawyer with Herbert Smith Freehills.
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Matt Keogh served as president of the Law Society of Western Australia in 2015 and was a director of the Law Council of Australia.
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Matt Keogh joined the Australian Labor Party in 1997 and was state president of Young Labor in 2007.
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Matt Keogh won the seat on a swing of more than 13 points.
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Matt Keogh met his wife at law school: the two married in 2011.