Tara Moriarty Explained

Tara Moriarty
Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Honorific-Suffix:MLC
Office1:Minister for Agriculture
Minister for Western New South Wales
Term Start1:5 April 2023
Premier1:Chris Minns
Predecessor1:Dugald Saunders
Office2:Minister for Regional New South Wales
Term Start2:5 April 2023
Premier2:Chris Minns
Predecessor2:Paul Toole
Office4:Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Term Start4:23 March 2019
Predecessor4:Ernest Wong[1]
Party:Australian Labor Party

Tara Elizabeth Moriarty is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2019, representing the Australian Labor Party.[2]

Moriarty was Chair of Club Plus Superannuation and Secretary/President of the Liquor and Hospitality Division of UV prior to her election.[3] She has been Senior Vice President of NSW Labor and a member of the ALP National Executive.

Upon her election in 2019, Moriarty was immediately appointed to the shadow ministry, serving as the Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Crown Lands. She served in this role until Jodi McKay was replaced as Leader by Chris Minns in 2021.[2]

In 2021, she was appointed Shadow Minister for Corrections, Juvenile Justice and Medical Research in the shadow Ministry of Chris Minns. Following Labor's victory in the 2023 New South Wales state election, Moriarty was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Regional New South Wales and Western New South Wales in the Minns ministry.[2]

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  1. Web site: Caldwell . Anna . Breaking - senior Labor sources say Ernest Wong has been officially rolled from the Right's upper house ticket tonight at faction meeting. Tara Moriarty leads the ticket . . 13 April 2023 . en.
  2. 2250 . Tara Moriarty . 7 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Tara Moriarty. Australian Labor Party.