Murray Patrick Watt was born on 20 January 1973 and is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the Albanese government since June 2022.
11 Facts About Murray Watt
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Murray Watt is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has been a Senator for Queensland since the 2016 federal election.
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Murray Watt previously served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2012.
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Murray Watt practised as a solicitor from 1997 to 2002 and was a judge's associate from 1999 to 2000.
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Murray Watt was then a public servant in the Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of State Development from 2007 to 2009, and chief of staff to Anna Bligh from 2002 to 2007, and again in 2008.
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Murray Watt had long been active in the Australian Labor Party, serving as president of Queensland Young Labor in 1998 and delegate to various state conferences.
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Murray Watt was a senior associate with the Brisbane office of the legal firm Maurice Blackburn.
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In 2009, Murray Watt was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Everton, succeeding Rod Welford, who had retired.
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When Meaghan Scanlon was preselected as the Labor candidate for Gaven at the 2017 state election, it was claimed that Murray Watt was the deciding factor and that it was against the wishes of the branch members.
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One member of the branch claimed "factional politics prior to Murray Watt coming to the Gold Coast didn't happen".
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Re-elected at the 2022 election, Murray Watt became Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management.