Murray Watt

Parliamentary service

First entered federal Parliament: 2 July 2016.

Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.

1. 1 July 2022 – CurrentSenate

   Re-elected 2022

2. 2 July 2016 – 30 June 2022Senate

   Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2016.

Current responsibilities

Ministry and shadow ministry

• Cabinet Minister1 June 2022 – CurrentAlbanese Ministry (2nd)
• Minister for Environment and Water13 May 2025 – CurrentAlbanese Ministry (2nd)

Parliamentary and party offices

No additional current parliamentary or party office is recorded in this import.

These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.

Background before Parliament

Qualifications recorded by Parliament

• Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Queensland

Occupations recorded by Parliament

• Senior Associate at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers from 2012 to 2016.
• Executive Director of Policy Development at the Department of Premier and Cabinet (Qld) from 2008 to 2009.
• Director of Policy Development at the Department of State Development (Qld) from 2007 to 2008.
• Chief of Staff to the Premier A Bligh (Qld) from 2002 to 2007.
• Solicitor at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and Reidy and Tonkin from 2000 to 2002.
• Associate to the Hon. P Gray at the Federal Court of Australia from 1999 to 2000.
• Articled Clerk at Blake Dawson Waldron Solicitors from 1997 to 1999.

Appointment history