Perin Davey

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Senator
Perin Davey
Deputy Leader of the National Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 May 2022
Political party National (since 1998)
Residence(s) Conargo, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
  • Businesswoman
  • Politician

Perin McGregor Davey (born 5 February 1972) is an Australian politician. She has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2019, representing the National Party. She was elected as her party's deputy leader in 2022 and is a member of Peter Dutton's shadow cabinet.

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Early career

Davey was born in Sydney on 5 February 1972. [1] Her father Paul Davey was an ABC journalist who worked in the Canberra Press Gallery and later served as federal director of the National Party. [2] He was born in England and she held British citizenship by descent until renouncing it in 2018 to stand for parliament. [3]

Davey grew up in Canberra, [4] attending Curtin Primary School and Alfred Deakin High School. [2] After leaving school she spent three years as a cadet journalist for the Mudgee Guardian . [1] During the 1990s she worked as an extra via a casting agency, making television appearances on Home & Away , E Street , and Water Rats , and appearing in the films Heavenly Creatures and Two Hands . [5] She was also a safari cook in Botswana for three years. [2] Davey later worked as a consultant for public relations firm Gavin Anderson & Co. (2000–2005), as a farm administrator for the Australian Agricultural Company (2005–2010), and as water policy adviser and corporate affairs manager for Murray Irrigation Limited (2010–2017). She also had two periods of service as a reservist with the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps (1990–1993, 1998–2005). [1]

Davey served on the board of the New South Wales Irrigators' Council from 2014 to 2016 and in 2017 was nominated to the board of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority by federal agriculture and water minister Barnaby Joyce. Her nomination was opposed by South Australian water minister Ian Hunter on the grounds that she was not independent. [6] She eventually asked Joyce to withdraw her nomination, after it was reported that a New South Wales government official had been recorded offering her government data to "help irrigators exploit the Murray-Darling Basin Plan". [7]

Politics

Davey joined the Nationals in 1998 and in 2000 worked as a media adviser to Senator Ron Boswell. Before entering parliament she held various offices in the New South Wales branch, including vice-chairman of the women's council, central council member, and chairman of the Deniliquin branch. [1]

Davey was elected to the Senate at the 2019 federal election, in third place on the Coalition's ticket in New South Wales. Her term began on 1 July 2019. She was subsequently elected as the Nationals' Senate whip. [1]

In a leadership spill following the 2022 federal election, Davey was elected deputy leader of the Nationals in place of David Littleproud, who had been elected to succeed Barnaby Joyce as leader. [8]

In a Senate Estimates hearing in February 2024 Davey attracted criticism for speaking in a slurred tone after having attended a National Party drinks event. [9] However it was later reported that this incident occurred due to a health issue with Davey. [10]

Personal life

Davey lives with her husband John Dickie and two daughters on a property in Conargo, New South Wales, just outside of Deniliquin. [4] [3] [11] As of 2019 she also owned an investment property in Canberra. [2]

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  6. ↑ MacLennan, Leah (26 July 2017). "Murray-Darling Basin Plan would be undermined by Perin Davey appointment, SA Minister says". ABC News. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Coorey, Phillip (2 August 2017). "Barnaby Joyce's board nominee quits after being offered secret water data" . The Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Gredley, Rebecca (17 June 2019). "Fresh NSW faces set to join the Senate" . The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  9. ↑ Clennell, Andrew (17 February 2024). "Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey admits to drinking alcohol prior to appearing before parliamentary committee but declares: 'I don't think I was drunk'". Sky News . Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Basford Canales, Sarah (20 February 2024). "Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey reveals health issue behind apparent slurring in Senate estimates". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024. She said her apparent slurring was the result of two emergency operations and an 11-day stint in hospital after an abscess erupted behind her tonsils in 2019. The incident had left her with ongoing speech challenges, she said.
  11. ↑ "Perin Davey". Q+A . Archived from the original on 20 February 2024 – via ABC News.
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