Matthew Anthony O'Sullivan was born on 11 December 1978 and is an Australian politician.
11 Facts About Matt O'Sullivan
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Matt O'Sullivan has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate since 2019.
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Matt O'Sullivan completed a TAFE certificate in electronics and communications at Midland and subsequently worked as an electronic technician with fleet management provider TerraVision from 1996 to 1999.
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Matt O'Sullivan worked as a Christian youth leader from 2000 to 2007, initially with the Perth Christian Life Centre and then with Garden City Christian Church.
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Matt O'Sullivan was later associated with the evangelical Nations Church.
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Matt O'Sullivan began working for mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation in 2008, and at the time of his election was chief operating officer of Forrest's indigenous youth employment scheme GenerationOne.
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Matt O'Sullivan was the Liberal Party's candidate in Burt at the 2016 federal election, at which point he was living in Aubin Grove.
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Matt O'Sullivan won preselection after the original ballot was overturned by the party's state council.
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Matt O'Sullivan was president of the party's Jandakot branch from 2017 to 2019.
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Matt O'Sullivan was elected to the Senate at the 2019 federal election from the marginal third position on the Liberal ticket, after winning a close and contentious Liberal preselection contest.
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Matt O'Sullivan is known to be supportive of regional Voice models.