Matt Keogh
Minister for Veterans Affairs | |
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Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
Preceded by | Andrew Gee |
Minister for Defence Personnel | |
Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
Preceded by | Andrew Gee |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Burt | |
Assumed office 2 July 2016 | |
Preceded by | new seat |
Personal details | |
Born | Matthew James Keogh 11 November 1981 Armadale, Western Australia, Australia |
Spouse | Annabel[1] |
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame Australia[1] |
Website | www |
Matthew James Keogh (born 11 November 1981) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the
Early life
Keogh was born on 11 November 1981 in Armadale, Western Australia.[2] He is the son of Helen (née Travers) and Colin Keogh. His paternal grandfather Peter Travers was "the first lawyer in the Armadale–Gosnells area".[3]
Keogh grew up in the Kelmscott Hills,[1] attending Mazenod College.[3] He went on to the University of Notre Dame Australia, completing a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in politics and history and a Bachelor of Laws. While at university he worked as a customer service officer for iiNet. He was also a clerk and bookkeeper at his mother's law firm Travers & Keogh, where he later worked as a solicitor from 2005 to 2006.[2][3]
Keogh was a policy officer at the state Department of Premier and Cabinet from 2003 to 2005. He joined the
Political career
Keogh joined the Australian Labor Party in 1997 and was state president of
After being unsuccessful as Labor's candidate at the September 2015 federal by-election in Canning,[6] which precipitated Malcolm Turnbull deposing Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia, Keogh ran successfully in the 2016 federal election for the electorate of Burt. The new seat included a third of Canning's old territory, and on paper was notionally Liberal. However, it included much of the more urbanised portion of the old Canning, and much of the seat's territory was represented by Labor at state level. Keogh won the seat on a swing of more than 13 points.[citation needed]
Following his election in 2016, Keogh was elected the deputy chair of the
After the ALP's victory at the 2022 election, Keogh was appointed Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel in the Albanese government.[2]
Personal
Keogh met his wife at law school: the two married in 2011. They have two sons.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c "About Matt". Matt Keogh MP. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mr Matt Keogh MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "First speech". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Labor's new-look shadow ministry". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Bourke, Latika. "Albanese caps off his first week as leader by making key mistakes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Burt, WA". Australia Votes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Grattan, Michelle. "Bank executives forced before parliamentary committee for 'regular health check'". The Conversation. Retrieved 6 June 2018.