22 Facts About Stirling Griff

Stirling Griff was born on 2 December 1957 and is an Australian former politician who was a Senator for South Australia from 2016 to 2022, representing Centre Alliance.

Stirling Griff's party changed its name from Nick Xenophon Team, led by Senator Nick Xenophon, to Centre Alliance in April 2018 after Xenophon ceased to be connected with the party.

Stirling Griff served as deputy leader of the party in the Senate until April 2018, when it adopted its current name.

Stirling Griff was the NXT spokesperson for health, immigration and communications.

Stirling Griff has lived and worked in Adelaide, regional South Australia and Melbourne.

Stirling Griff was married to Kristin and has four children aged 16 to 30 in 2016.

Stirling Griff was instrumental in developing a computer program that assisted the campaign.

In 2015, Stirling Griff was interviewed by the Adelaide-based online newspaper InDaily.

Stirling Griff described how NXT was selecting candidates for the 2016 federal election:.

Stirling Griff was elected to the Australian Senate at the 2016 federal election, taking his place from September 2016.

Stirling Griff was made Deputy Leader of the Nick Xenophon Team in August 2016.

Stirling Griff is reported to be a "strong advocate for emissions reductions".

Stirling Griff provided support for a ban on health funds paying lower rebates for doctors or dentists who weren't on a 'preferred' list, as well as the disclosure of doctors fees online by the government so that patients can better identify lower-cost services.

Stirling Griff is interested in health genomics and was the principal advocate for a national Genomic Cancer Medicine Program that will treat more than 5,000 patients nationally.

Stirling Griff brokered a deal with the Morrison federal government to secure funding for a $80m South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute to complement the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy, which his party helped secure for SA in 2017.

Stirling Griff has a strong interest in preventing in-utero exposure to alcohol, which is known to cause lifelong developmental, physical, mental and behavioural problems and was successful in having the Senate undertake an inquiry into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Stirling Griff successfully negotiated a $25m national awareness campaign for FASD.

Stirling Griff is a strong advocate for medical transparency, considering that "much of the medical industry operates like a secret society".

Stirling Griff introduced a Transparent Patient Outcomes bill into federal parliament in December 2021 that would "empower patients" to make informed decisions on their surgeons before going under the knife.

Stirling Griff successfully advocated for federal funding to establish an innovative cancer genomics laboratory in South Australia.

Since retiring from politics, Stirling Griff has focused on his family and personal business interests and continues to advocate for positive community outcomes in the prevention, diagnostic, research and palliative care health spheres.

In May 2023, the federal Minister for Health announced funding for a South Australian Palliative Care Navigation Pilot, acknowledging Stirling Griff for initiating this pilot.