Joel Fitzgibbon | |
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.jpg) Fitzgibbon in 2008 | |
| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
| In office 2 July 2013 – 18 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Joe Ludwig |
| Succeeded by | Barnaby Joyce |
| Chief Government Whip in the House | |
| In office 27 September 2010 – 14 May 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Roger Price |
| Succeeded by | Chris Hayes |
| Minister for Defence | |
| In office 3 December 2007 – 4 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Brendan Nelson |
| Succeeded by | John Faulkner |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hunter | |
| In office 2 March 1996 – 11 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Eric Fitzgibbon |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Repacholi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon 16 January 1962 Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse | Dianne |
| Relations | Eric Fitzgibbon (father) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon (born 16 January 1962) is a retired Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2022, representing the New South Wales seat of Hunter. He served as Minister for Defence (2007–2009) in the first Rudd government and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (2013) in the second Rudd government. He was also Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives (2010–2013) in the Gillard government.
Fitzgibbon succeeded his father Eric in federal parliament. He is aligned with the Centre Unity faction in NSW, part of the federal Labor Right faction.[1][2] Since the 2019 election, he has become a vocal critic of stronger climate change policies, calling a potential 2030 target "delusional",[3] and claiming that any embrace of more ambitious policies will alienate working-class support of Labor.[4][5]
- ^ "Labor's new-look shadow ministry". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Gartrell, Adam (15 January 2016). "Labor factions engineer deal to keep Joel Fitzgibbon, Pat Conroy in Parliament". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Murphy, Katharine (9 November 2020). "Labor left blasts Joel Fitzgibbon for publicly undermining party policy". The Guardian.
- ^ "Canberra's revolving door of political leaders is creaking again". ABC News. 11 November 2020.
- ^ "'Listen to Joel Fitzgibbon': Albanese facing unrest over his leadership". 10 November 2020.