(1962-01-16) 16 January 1962 (age 62) Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia
Political party
Labor
Spouse
Dianne
Relations
Eric Fitzgibbon (father)
Children
3
Website
www.joelfitzgibbon.com
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.
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