Jo Briskey | |
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![]() Briskey in 2025 | |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Maribyrnong | |
Assumed office 3 May 2025 | |
Preceded by | Bill Shorten |
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Political party | Labor |
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Website | jobriskey |
Joanna Leigh Briskey is an Australian politician from the Labor Party. She is a member of the Australian Parliament for the Division of Maribyrnong after winning the seat in the 2025 Australian federal election. [1] She contested the seat of Bonner in 2019. [2]
In the 2012 Queensland state election, Briskey was a candidate in Cleveland, previously held by her father Darryl Briskey. [3] Briskey is a national coordinator with the United Workers Union. [4] Briskey is the mother of two daughters. [5] Briskey was affiliated with Labor Left when preselected to contest Maribyrnong at the 2025 election. [6]
From the left faction, Briskey is a former chief executive of not-for-profit The Parenthood and organiser in the Queensland United Voice branch, understood to have support from the Queensland powerbroker Gary Bullock.