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| birth_name = Jane Furneaux Garrett
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1973|03|16}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|07|02|1973|03|16}}
| death_place = [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia
| office2 = 12th [[List of mayors of Yarra|Mayor of Yarra]]
| term_start2 = November 2009
| term_end2 = November 2010
| predecessor2 = Amanda Stone
| successor2 = Alison Clarke
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'''Jane Furneaux Garrett''' (16 March 1973 – 2 July 2022) was an Australian politician. She was the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]] member for [[Electoral district of Brunswick|Brunswick]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] from 2010 until 2018, when she transferred to the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] representing [[Eastern Victoria Region|Eastern Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ms Jane Garrett|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/1717|publisher=[[Parliament of Victoria]]|access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Garrett was born and raised in northern [[Melbourne]] and was educated at [[Radford College]]<ref name="JGRadfordCanberra">[https://radfordcollegians.com.au/vale-jane-garret-class-of-1990/ Radford Collegians - Vale Jane Garrett - Class of 1990] Accessed 29 July 2024</ref> followed by the [[Australian National University]], where she studied law.
Garrett was born and raised in northern [[Melbourne]] and was educated at the [[Australian National University]], where she studied law. She became an Associate to Justice [[Alan Boultan]] of the [[Australian Industrial Relations Commission]] in 1997, was an articled clerk with Holding Redlich in 1998, a union officer with the [[Transport Workers' Union of Australia|Transport Workers' Union]] in 1999, a senior adviser to [[Steve Bracks]] from 2000 to 2004 and a lawyer at [[Slater and Gordon]] from 2004 to 2010.<ref name=parl>{{cite web | url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/members-search/search-members/details/22/70 | title=The Hon. Jane Garrett | publisher=Parliament of Victoria | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.janegarrett.org.au/parliament/address-in-reply-jane-garretts-inaugural-speech/ | title=Address-in-Reply - Jane Garrett's Inaugural Speech | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref> She was also a [[City of Yarra]] councillor from 2008 to 2010 and was mayor in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.anu.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/spotlight/hon-jane-garrett | title=Hon Jane Garrett | publisher=Australian National University | work=Alumni Spotlight | date=5 February 2015 | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>▼
== Career ==
Garrett was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the [[2010 Victorian state election|2010 state election]] after winning Labor endorsement to contest the increasingly marginal seat of [[Electoral district of Brunswick|Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Bracks adviser ahead in key seat | work=The Age | date=25 June 2009}}</ref><ref name=parl /> In 2011, she was elected national junior vice-president of the Labor Party, serving in that capacity until 2017.<ref>{{cite news | title=Jane's one-year win | work=Melbourne Times Weekly | date=30 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title='Needs attention': ALP policy on gender equality proves to be all talk | work=The Australian | date=17 June 2017}}</ref> In opposition, Garrett was Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services from February 2012 to December 2013 and Shadow Cabinet Secretary from December 2013 until Labor's victory at the [[2014 Victorian state election|2014 state election]].<ref name=parl />▼
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=== Victorian Parliament ===
Garrett became Minister for Emergency Services and Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation in December 2014 following Labor's return to government.<ref name=parl /> She was reportedly viewed at one stage as a potential future Labor leader.<ref name=retire /> She resigned from the [[Andrews Ministry]] on 9 June 2016 following a bitter dispute between the [[Country Fire Authority]] (CFA), the United Firefighters Union, and the Victorian government over an enterprise bargaining agreement, during which she had publicly fallen out with Premier [[Daniel Andrews]].<ref name="resignation">{{cite news|title=Victorian minister Jane Garrett resigns from Cabinet as Government seeks to end CFA dispute|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-10/emergency-services-minister-jane-garrett-resigns-from-cabinet/7499334|access-date=11 June 2016|work=ABC News|date=9 June 2016}}</ref>▼
▲Garrett was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the [[2010 Victorian state election|2010 state election]] after winning Labor endorsement to contest the increasingly marginal seat of [[Electoral district of Brunswick|Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Bracks adviser ahead in key seat | work=The Age | date=25 June 2009}}</ref><ref name="parl" /> In 2011, she was elected national junior vice-president of the Labor Party, serving in that capacity until 2017.<ref>{{cite news | title=Jane's one-year win | work=Melbourne Times Weekly | date=30 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title='Needs attention': ALP policy on gender equality proves to be all talk | work=The Australian | date=17 June 2017}}</ref> In opposition, Garrett was Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services from February 2012 to December 2013 and Shadow Cabinet Secretary from December 2013 until Labor's victory at the [[2014 Victorian state election|2014 state election]].<ref name="parl" />
▲Garrett became Minister for Emergency Services and [[Minister for Consumer Affairs (Victoria)|Minister for Consumer Affairs]], [[Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation|Gaming and Liquor Regulation]] in December 2014 following Labor's return to government.<ref name=parl /> She was reportedly viewed at one stage as a potential future Labor leader.<ref name=retire /> She resigned from the [[First Andrews ministry|Andrews Ministry]] on 9 June 2016 following a bitter dispute between the [[Country Fire Authority]] (CFA), the United Firefighters Union, and the Victorian government over an enterprise bargaining agreement, during which she had publicly fallen out with Premier [[Daniel Andrews]].<ref name="resignation">{{cite news|title=Victorian minister Jane Garrett resigns from Cabinet as Government seeks to end CFA dispute|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-10/emergency-services-minister-jane-garrett-resigns-from-cabinet/7499334|access-date=11 June 2016|work=ABC News|date=9 June 2016}}</ref>
In November 2016, Garrett announced on a Facebook post that she had recently undergone a successful operation for breast cancer, and would be taking four months' leave from parliament for treatment and recovery.<ref name="cancer">{{cite news|title=Jane Garrett, former Victorian emergency services minister, reveals breast cancer fight|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/jane-garrett-reveals-breast-cancer-fight-on-social-media/7991842|access-date=2 March 2017|work=ABC News|date=3 November 2016}}</ref>
Following Garrett's resignation from Cabinet, she was credited with a key role in the shift of her Industrial Left subfaction, which included the [[Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union]], away from Andrews' [[Socialist Left (Australia)|Socialist Left]] faction and into an alliance with right-wing powerbroker [[Adem Somyurek]].<ref name=how>{{cite news|title=How did Somyurek get so powerful?|work=The Age|date=22 June 2020}}</ref><ref name=powerplay>{{cite news|title=Shorten's high-risk powerplay could end badly for him|work=The Australian|date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
On 27 September 2017, Garrett announced she would not contest Brunswick at the [[2018 Victorian state election|next state election]], and would seek preselection for the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] seat of [[Western Metropolitan Region]].<ref name="vlc">{{cite news|title=Labor MP Jane Garrett set to make bold move to Victorian Upper House|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-27/jane-garrett-labor-mp-set-to-make-move-to-upper-house-victoria/8992820|access-date=15 November 2017|work=ABC News|date=27 September 2017|language=en-AU}}</ref> Her preselection bid was unsuccessful, with Labor's [[Labor Left|left faction]] backing [[Ingrid Stitt]], branch secretary of the [[Australian Services Union]].<ref name="preselection">{{cite news|title=Jane Garrett, former Victorian cabinet minister, loses Upper House preselection|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-15/jane-garrett-former-vic-cabinet-minister-loses-preselection/9154852|access-date=15 November 2017|work=ABC News|date=15 November 2017|language=en-AU}}</ref> However, she was saved from losing preselection when a wide-ranging deal proposed by Somyurek saw her preselected to head the Labor ticket in [[Eastern Victoria Region]], and she successfully shifted to the Legislative Council at the 2018 election.<ref name="parl" /><ref name="how" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/garrett-takes-the-long-and-winding-road-to-the-far-east-20180724-p4ztd0.html|title=Garrett takes the long and winding road to the far east|last=Towell|first=Noel|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=24 July 2018}}</ref>
In her new capacity in the Legislative Council, Garrett served as Parliamentary Secretary for Jobs from 2018 until her death.<ref name=parl /> In December 2021, Garrett announced that she would retire from politics at the [[2022 Victorian state election|2022 state election]].<ref name=retire>{{cite news | url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/bullied-but-unbowed-victorian-mp-jane-garrett-to-leave-parliament-20211203-p59eoc.html | title='Shift to renewal': Victorian MP Jane Garrett to leave Parliament | work=The Age | date=3 December 2021 | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref> Garrett's cancer returned in 2022, and she died on 2 July 2022 at the age of 49 in Melbourne.<ref name="death">{{cite news |last1=Eddie |first1=Rachel |title=Victorian MP Jane Garrett dies, aged 49 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-mp-jane-garrett-dies-aged-49-20220702-p5aykk.html |access-date=2 July 2022 |work=The Age |date=2 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>▼
▲In her new capacity in the Legislative Council, Garrett served as Parliamentary Secretary for Jobs from 2018 until her death.<ref name="parl" /> In December 2021, Garrett announced that she would retire from politics at the [[2022 Victorian state election|2022 state election]].<ref name="retire">{{cite news | url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/bullied-but-unbowed-victorian-mp-jane-garrett-to-leave-parliament-20211203-p59eoc.html | title='Shift to renewal': Victorian MP Jane Garrett to leave Parliament | work=The Age | date=3 December 2021 | accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>
== Death ==
Garrett's cancer returned in 2022, and she died on 2 July 2022 at the age of 49 in Melbourne.<ref name="death">{{cite news |last1=Eddie |first1=Rachel |title=Victorian MP Jane Garrett dies, aged 49 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-mp-jane-garrett-dies-aged-49-20220702-p5aykk.html |access-date=2 July 2022 |work=The Age |date=2 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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