Murray Watt is an Australian politician, a member of the Australian Labor Party, and a Senator for Queensland since 2016.
In 2009, Mr Watt was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Everton. He was defeated at the 2012 state election. He was subsequently elected a Senate candidate for Queensland at the 2016 federal election. After the 2019 election, Mr Watt was included in Anthony Albanese's shadow ministry as Shadow Minister for Northern Australia and Shadow Minister for Disaster and Emergency Management. In 2021, he was also appointed to the role of Shadow Minister for Queensland Resources. He was Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate. Following the Labor Party's victory at the 2022 federal election, Mr Watt became the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Emergency Management under the Albanese government.
Prior to politics, Mr Watt practised as a solicitor and was a judge's associate, a public servant in the Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of State Development, chief of staff, and a senior associate with the Brisbane office of the legal firm Maurice Blackburn.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws.
