Julia Finn
{{Short description|Australian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}
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| name = Julia Finn
| honorific-suffix = MP
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| constituency_MP = Granville
| parliament = New South Wales
| term_start = 28 March 2015
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| predecessor = Tony Issa
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| office1= Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and for the Arts
| term_start1 = 26 April 2023
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| minister1 = Chris Minns (Premier)
John Graham (Arts)
| predecessor1 = Gabrielle Upton (as Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier)
| office2= Lord Mayor of Parramatta
| term_start2 = September 2004
| term_end2 = September 2005
| deputy2 =
| predecessor2 = Paul Garrard
| successor2 = David Borger
| office3 = Councillor of the City of Parramatta
for Arthur Phillip Ward
| term_start3 = 1999
| term_end3 = 2012
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| birth_date = c.1973
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| nationality = Australian
| party = Labor Party
| residence = Rosehill{{cite web |title=Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Granville |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/state-government-elections/2023-state-general-election/candidates/granville |website=elections.nsw.gov.au |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |access-date=27 March 2023}}
| alma_mater = University of Sydney, Macquarie University, RMIT
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Julia Dorothy Finn is an Australian politician who is the member for Granville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Finn is a member of the Labor's NSW Left faction.{{Cite web|title=State MPs|url=https://www.nswlaborleft.com/state-mps|access-date=2020-06-20|website=NSW Left|language=en}}
Career
Finn holds a master's degree in environmental science and worked previously for the government of New South Wales Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability.{{cite web |title=Julia Finn 2004–2005 – Parramatta History and Heritage |url=https://historyandheritage.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/blog/2014/06/13/julia-finn-2004-05 |website=historyandheritage.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au |publisher=City of Parramatta |access-date=27 March 2023}}
Finn served on Parramatta City Council from 1999 to 2012. She became lord mayor in 2004{{cite news|title=NSW Election 2015 – Granville|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/nsw-election-2015/guide/gran/|publisher=ABC News|date=March 2015|access-date=31 March 2015}} at the age of thirty-one. In this role, she committed the council to water conservation measures during the millennium drought and expanded the Sydney Festival program at Parramatta, with the council becoming a sponsor.
She was elected as the member for Granville for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=126 |name=Ms Julia Dorothy Finn MP |former= |access-date=6 April 2019}} Finn voted no to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019.{{Cite web|title=MPs Who Voted Against NSW Abortion Decriminalisation Bill|url=https://10daily.com.au/news/politics/a190809dmplc/every-mp-who-voted-against-decriminalising-abortion-in-nsw-20190809|access-date=2020-06-20|website=10daily.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615070452/https://10daily.com.au/news/politics/a190809dmplc/every-mp-who-voted-against-decriminalising-abortion-in-nsw-20190809|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=dead}}
Finn was appointed Shadow Minister for Consumer Protection and Shadow Minister for Carers in the McKay shadow cabinet in July 2019. In June 2020, Finn temporarily stepped down from her portfolios after she was named in an internal party investigation into branch stacking issues. McKay did not sack Finn and the latter officially remained a shadow minister.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-19/nsw-labor-mp-julia-finn-steps-down/12374156|title=NSW Labor MP Julia Finn steps down amid branch stacking claims|publisher=ABC News|date=19 June 2020|access-date=9 June 2021}} In 2021, she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Sport and Youth in the Shadow Ministry of Chris Minns. She was not appointed to the Minns ministry but was appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary in 2023.
On 19 October 2023, Finn signed an open letter which condemned attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-19 |title='Catastrophic crisis': NSW politicians release open letter supporting Palestinian communities |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/nsw-politicians-release-open-letter-supporting-palestinians/102999304 |access-date=2023-11-30}}
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Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:Mayors and Lord Mayors of Parramatta
Category:Women members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly