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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]], [[Victoria]], [[Australia]].<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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