Tim Gartrell

Gartrell was born in 1970 in Orange, New South Wales.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/dont-let-this-fresh-face-fool-you-20071201-gdrq4b.html|title=Don't let this fresh face fool you|date=2007-12-01|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}

He was raised by his parents, David and Carolyn Gartrell, on an orchard. His parents fostered a number of children in addition to Tim as well as his brother Brett and sister Katrina. Gartrell notes the impact of living with foster children as a teenager as significant on his politics.

In 1987, Gartrell and his school's team won the state debating championships.

After finishing school, he moved to Sydney to study in 1989.

Gartrell started his career as an advocate and researcher in the Australian union movement, while studying a Bachelor of Arts part-time at the University of NSW.[http://www.alp.org.au/people/gartrell_tim.php Australian Labor Party : Tim Gartrell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405213340/http://www.alp.org.au/people/gartrell_tim.php |date=5 April 2007 }}

Gartrell then worked as an adviser for Keating government ministers, Frank Walker and Jeannette McHugh. He then worked in the Beazley Federal Opposition for Anthony Albanese. Following this work, he worked as the assistant to the mayor of the South Sydney Council.

He joined the staff of the Australian Labor Party National Secretariat in 1998 serving as Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party from April 2000. He was elected unopposed as National Secretary on 2 September 2003.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/11/30/1196394622537.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 |title=Don't let this fresh face fool you |author=Wainwright, Robert |date=1 December 2007 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=15 January 2012 }}

Following the ALP's defeat at the 2004 election, Gartrell pursued reform of the campaigning structures of the Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.alp.org.au/media/1104/spe100.php|title=The 2004 Election|date=10 November 2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807075837/http://www.alp.org.au/media/1104/spe100.php|archivedate=7 August 2007|url-status=dead|accessdate=12 October 2008}}{{cite web | title = ALP National Secretary Tim Gartrell resigns | url = http://www.alp.org.au/media/0908/msLNS300.php | date = 30 September 2008 | accessdate = 12 October 2008 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091009115608/http://alp.org.au/media/0908/msLNS300.php | archivedate = 9 October 2009}}

Gartrell is recognised as one of the driving forces behind Labor's successful 2007 election campaign, which saw the Party return to power after more than 11 years in Opposition.Christine Jackman, 2008: Inside Kevin 07, MUP, Melbourne. Through a creative use of new campaign techniques and advertising, Labor's campaign was seen to be superior to the Liberal Party campaign and won a series of media awards.{{cite web|url=http://iabawards.com.au/index.cfm?id=4|title=IAB Awards|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719044138/http://iabawards.com.au/index.cfm?id=4 |archivedate=19 July 2008|accessdate=12 October 2008}} As a key member of Labor's Political Strategy Group, Gartrell worked closely with Kevin Rudd from his ascension to the Labor leadership, through to Rudd's election as Prime Minister. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described Gartrell's leadership skills as "superb" and stated "[h]is ability, hard work, judgment and campaign leadership skills are first class".

Gartrell announced his resignation from the position on 30 September 2008 to become CEO of market research firm Auspoll{{cite web |title = Auspoll |

url = http://www.auspoll.com.au/ |accessdate=12 October 2008}} which is part of the larger Photon group of media companies. He left that post in 2010 to become CEO of Indigenous employment advocacy charity GenerationOne. In 2012, Gartrell was recruited by Reconciliation Australia to lead the "Recognise" campaign team, as campaign manager.{{cite web | title=Former ALP National Secretary Tim Gartrell to run Indigenous referendum campaign | website=The Australian | date=17 April 2012 | url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/former-alp-national-secretary-tim-gartrell-to-run-indigenous-referendum-campaign/story-fn9hm1pm-1226329799315 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529200747/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/former-alp-national-secretary-tim-gartrell-to-run-indigenous-referendum-campaign/story-fn9hm1pm-1226329799315 | archive-date=29 May 2012 | url-status=dead | access-date=20 April 2023}} The Recognise campaign advocated for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Tanya Hosch was joint campaign director,{{cite web | title=Hosch | website=AFR Women of Influence| publisher= Australian Financial Review| url=https://live.afr.com/womenofinfluence/search/Hosch/ | access-date=20 April 2023}} and also the public face of the campaign.{{cite web | last=Murphy | first=Katharine | title=Tanya Hosch: adoption, dislocation and the fight for recognition | website=The Guardian | date=26 May 2013 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/26/tanya-hosch-indigenous-australians-constitution | access-date=20 April 2023}}

Shortly after the announcement of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, Gartrell was appointed Campaign Director by the 'yes' side in favour of marriage equality. He led the campaign to a resounding success, with 61.6% of Australians voting in favour of marriage equality, representing a higher vote than any two-party preferred electoral vote in Australian history. He served as Vice-President of NSW Labor in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/tim-gartrell-to-become-vicepresident-of-nsw-labor/news-story/d42440ee90f99a201eaa98affe0796a6|title=Tim Gartrell to become vice-president of NSW Labor|last=Bramston|first=Troy|date=26 July 2017|website=The Australian|access-date=16 March 2019}}

Gartrell was appointed as the Chief of Staff to Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese in June 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/gartztim/status/1135747627759177728|title=Duty calls. Honoured to be joining Federal Labor Leader @albomp as his Chief of Staff|last=Gartrell|first=Tim|date=2019-06-03|website=@gartztim|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}} Following the 2022 federal election, he became the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/diversity-rules-as-new-broom-sworn-in/news-story/e633812322ae4c52554241da7442fe4e|title=Diversity rules as new broom sworn in|last=Chambers|first=Geoff|date=1 June 2022|website=The Australian|language=en|access-date=14 June 2022}}

Gartrell holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales. He also holds a master's degree in communications studies from the University of South Australia.

He is a member of the Advisory Council of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

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