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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="856" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Fitzgibbon in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Forestry_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)">Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 July 2013 – 18 September 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Ludwig" title="Joe Ludwig">Joe Ludwig</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barnaby_Joyce" title="Barnaby Joyce">Barnaby Joyce</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_whips_in_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="List of whips in the Australian House of Representatives">Chief Government Whip in the House</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 September 2010 – 14 May 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Price_(Australian_politician)" title="Roger Price (Australian politician)">Roger Price</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hayes_(politician)" title="Chris Hayes (politician)">Chris Hayes</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 December 2007 – 4 June 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Nelson" title="Brendan Nelson">Brendan Nelson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Faulkner" title="John Faulkner">John Faulkner</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hunter" title="Division of Hunter">Hunter</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 March 1996 – 11 April 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Fitzgibbon" title="Eric Fitzgibbon">Eric Fitzgibbon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Repacholi" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Repacholi">Daniel Repacholi</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-01-16</span>) </span>16 January 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bellingen,_New_South_Wales" title="Bellingen, New South Wales">Bellingen, New South Wales</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Dianne</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Fitzgibbon" title="Eric Fitzgibbon">Eric Fitzgibbon</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.joelfitzgibbon.com/">www<wbr />.joelfitzgibbon<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon</b> (born 16 January 1962) is a retired Australian politician. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a> (ALP) and has served in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> from 1996 to 2022, representing the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hunter" title="Division of Hunter">Hunter</a>. He served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a> (2007–2009) in the <a href="/wiki/Rudd_government_(2007%E2%80%9310)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudd government (2007–10)">first Rudd government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Forestry_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)">Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry</a> (2013) in the <a href="/wiki/Rudd_government_(2013)" title="Rudd government (2013)">second Rudd government</a>. He was also <a href="/wiki/List_of_whips_in_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="List of whips in the Australian House of Representatives">Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives</a> (2010–2013) in the <a href="/wiki/Gillard_government" title="Gillard government">Gillard government</a>. </p><p>Fitzgibbon succeeded his father <a href="/wiki/Eric_Fitzgibbon" title="Eric Fitzgibbon">Eric</a> in federal parliament. He is aligned with the Centre Unity faction in NSW, part of the federal <a href="/wiki/Labor_Right" title="Labor Right">Labor Right</a> faction.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election" title="2019 Australian federal election">2019 election</a>, he has become a vocal critic of stronger climate change policies, calling a potential 2030 target "delusional",<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and claiming that any embrace of more ambitious policies will alienate working-class support of Labor.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fitzgibbon was born on 16 January 1962 in <a href="/wiki/Bellingen,_New_South_Wales" title="Bellingen, New South Wales">Bellingen, New South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aph_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aph-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the son of Anne and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Fitzgibbon" title="Eric Fitzgibbon">Eric Fitzgibbon</a>. His father, a schoolteacher, served as mayor of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Cessnock" title="City of Cessnock">Cessnock</a> and was elected to federal parliament in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fitzgibbon attended <a href="/wiki/All_Saints_College,_Maitland" title="All Saints College, Maitland">All Saints College, Maitland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked as an automotive electrician from 1978 to 1990, operating a small business. He completed a graduate certificate in business administration at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Newcastle_(Australia)" title="University of Newcastle (Australia)">University of Newcastle</a> and was also a part-time <a href="/wiki/TAFE_NSW" title="TAFE NSW">TAFE</a> lecturer.<sup id="cite_ref-aph_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aph-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fitzgibbon served on the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Cessnock" title="City of Cessnock">Cessnock City Council</a> from 1987 to 1995, including as deputy mayor from 1989 to 1990. He was a vice-president of the ALP's <a href="/wiki/Cessnock,_New_South_Wales" title="Cessnock, New South Wales">Cessnock</a> branch and served as a delegate to state conference. From 1990 he worked as an electorate officer for his father.<sup id="cite_ref-aph_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aph-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career_in_federal_politics">Early career in federal politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career in federal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fitzgibbon won ALP <a href="/wiki/Preselection" title="Preselection">preselection</a> for the seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hunter" title="Division of Hunter">Hunter</a> following his father's retirement prior to the <a href="/wiki/1996_Australian_federal_election" title="1996 Australian federal election">1996 federal election</a>. He suffered a seven-point swing in 1996, but has been re-elected with little trouble since then, with the exception of the 2013 election, where his margin was significantly reduced. He was elected to the opposition shadow ministry in October 1998 and was appointed Shadow Minister for Mining, Energy and Forestry in 2003–05. In June 2005 he was appointed shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for revenue and for small business and competition. In early December 2006, when <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a> became leader of the opposition, Fitzgibbon was appointed shadow minister for defence. He was subsequently appointed minister for defence when Labor won office at the <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007 federal election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_for_Defence">Minister for Defence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Minister for Defence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007.jpg/220px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007.jpg/330px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007.jpg/440px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_080716-F-6655M-007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2782" data-file-height="2388" /></a><figcaption>Fitzgibbon in 2008 with U.S. Secretary of Defence <a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert M. Gates">Robert M. Gates</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008 Fitzgibbon expressed dissatisfaction with an unclassified briefing he received on an assessment of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Strike Fighter">Joint Strike Fighter</a> (JSF). He subsequently ordered and received a classified report that addressed his concerns, and then expressed confidence in the JSF project.<sup id="cite_ref-lateline-2008_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lateline-2008-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same interview, he denied any personal involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Federal_Police" title="Australian Federal Police">Australian Federal Police</a> (AFP) raid on the home of <i><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Canberra Times">Canberra Times</a>'</i> journalist <a href="/wiki/Philip_Dorling" title="Philip Dorling">Philip Dorling</a>, although he did not guarantee that his department had not contacted the AFP.<sup id="cite_ref-lateline-2008_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lateline-2008-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dorling was accused of receiving confidential cabinet documents intended for Fitzgibbon.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 October 2008, Fitzgibbon instructed the Department of Defence to cease debt recovery procedures against SAS soldiers who had been accidentally overpaid. A subsequent audit by <a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a> discovered that the soldiers' pay continued to be docked after the ministerial instruction.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2009, Fitzgibbon announced a new defence <a href="/wiki/White_paper" title="White paper">white paper</a> titled <i><a href="/wiki/Defending_Australia_in_the_Asia_Pacific_Century:_Force_2030" title="Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030">Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Controversy">Controversy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Secretary_of_State_Hillary_Clinton_talks_with_U.S._Navy_Adm._Mike_Mullen,_chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff,_and_Australian_Defense_Minister_Joel_Fitzgibbon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/U.S._Secretary_of_State_Hillary_Clinton_talks_with_U.S._Navy_Adm._Mike_Mullen%2C_chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff%2C_and_Australian_Defense_Minister_Joel_Fitzgibbon.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/U.S._Secretary_of_State_Hillary_Clinton_talks_with_U.S._Navy_Adm._Mike_Mullen%2C_chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff%2C_and_Australian_Defense_Minister_Joel_Fitzgibbon.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/U.S._Secretary_of_State_Hillary_Clinton_talks_with_U.S._Navy_Adm._Mike_Mullen%2C_chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff%2C_and_Australian_Defense_Minister_Joel_Fitzgibbon.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3154" data-file-height="2103" /></a><figcaption>Fitzgibbon in 2009 with U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and Admiral <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mullen" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Mullen">Mike Mullen</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 26 March 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_Media" title="Fairfax Media">Fairfax Media</a></i> reported that officers in the Department of Defence had conducted a covert and unauthorised investigation into Fitzgibbon's friendship with a Chinese-Australian businesswoman in the belief that it constituted a security risk. This was alleged to have included officers from the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Signals_Directorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence Signals Directorate">Defence Signals Directorate</a> accessing the computer network in Fitzgibbon's office to obtain the woman's bank details.<sup id="cite_ref-Defence_investigating_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Defence_investigating-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Defence_leaks_dirt_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Defence_leaks_dirt-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Department launched an urgent inquiry into the reports. <a href="/wiki/Nick_Warner" title="Nick Warner">Nick Warner</a>, the Department's Secretary, stated that he had not seen any information to confirm the claims and that there were no circumstances in which secret investigations into Ministers could be authorised.<sup id="cite_ref-No_information_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-No_information-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fitzgibbon was reported to be "furious" about the investigation, and suggested that it may have been conducted by officials opposed to his reforms to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Organisation" title="Australian Defence Organisation">Australian Defence Organisation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Defence_leaks_dirt_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Defence_leaks_dirt-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reforms_behind_leak_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reforms_behind_leak-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fitzgibbon resigned as Minister for Defence on 4 June 2009 after admitting that meetings held between his brother Mark Fitzgibbon, the head of the health fund <a href="/wiki/Nib_health_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Nib health funds">NIB</a>, and Defence officials concerning business opportunities had breached the Ministerial Code of Conduct.<sup id="cite_ref-Fitzgibbon_resigns_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzgibbon_resigns-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Fitzgibbon reflected on his term as Defence Minister and said that the defence chiefs had an obsession for the JSF and had refused to consider other alternatives.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="43rd_Parliament">43rd Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 43rd Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his re-election in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">2010 federal election</a>, Fitzgibbon was elected by the Labor <a href="/wiki/Caucus" title="Caucus">caucus</a> as <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">chief government whip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parlbio_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parlbio-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill,_June_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 2013">June 2013 Labor leadership spill</a>, Fitzgibbon was appointed as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the Second Rudd ministry.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015_proposed_abolition_of_Hunter">2015 proposed abolition of Hunter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2015 proposed abolition of Hunter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015 the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a> announced plans to abolish the federation seat of Hunter. Due to changing populations, overall New South Wales was to lose a seat while Western Australia was to gain an extra seat. Electors in the north of Hunter were to join <a href="/wiki/Division_of_New_England" title="Division of New England">New England</a>. The roughly 40 percent remainder were to become part of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Paterson" title="Division of Paterson">Paterson</a>, with the Liberal margin calculated to be notionally reduced from 9.8 to just 0.5 points as a result. Since the Commission's guidelines require it to preserve the names of original electorates where possible, the commission proposed renaming <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Charlton" title="Division of Charlton">Charlton</a> to Hunter.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final plan, however, saw Charlton abolished, with Hunter pushed slightly eastward to absorb much of Charlton's former territory.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While most of the new Hunter's voters come from the old Charlton, as previously mentioned, Commission guidelines required the name of Hunter to be retained.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Labor incumbent for Charlton, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Conroy_(politician)" title="Pat Conroy (politician)">Pat Conroy</a>, opted to contest neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Shortland" title="Division of Shortland">Shortland</a> in order to allow Fitzgibbon to contest the new Hunter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_election_and_aftermath">2019 election and aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2019 election and aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election" title="2019 Australian federal election">2019 federal election</a>, Fitzgibbon suffered a 9.5-point swing against him in his electorate, reducing his margin to just 3 points. After the election, he was a vocal critic of his party's direction, claiming that "Labor must reconnect with its blue-collar base and get back to the centre". He stated that he was considering running in <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Australian Labor Party leadership election">the leadership ballot</a> if other candidates do not "show more interest in regional Australia".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later endorsed <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a> as leader, who won unopposed. In November 2020, Fitzgibbon announced that he was quitting the shadow cabinet, a response to moves by Labor's Left Faction to push for more action on climate change which, he believes are "delusional."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2021, Fitzgibbon announced his retirement at the next election, claiming that he has been successful in bringing back the Labor Party to the political centre.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-politics">Post-politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2022, Fitzgibbon was appointed as the interim <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a> of the Australian Forest Products Association, effective from February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 March 2024, Fitzgibbon's son, Jack Fitzgibbon, died as a result of a parachuting accident at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Richmond" title="RAAF Base Richmond">RAAF Base Richmond</a> while serving as a lance corporal in the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Commando_Regiment_(Australia)" title="2nd Commando Regiment (Australia)">2nd Commando Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fitzgibbon's daughter, Grace, is a journalist with <i><a href="/wiki/Seven_News#Sydney" title="Seven News">Seven News Sydney</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the Labor Shadow Agriculture spokesman, Fitzgibbon opposed the Government's decision to stop the sale of <a href="/wiki/S._Kidman_%26_Co" title="S. Kidman & Co">S. Kidman & Co</a> as "political" and accused it of running a "discriminatory foreign investment regime".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fitzgibbon served as the convenor of the <a href="/wiki/Labor_Right" title="Labor Right">NSW Right</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_faction" title="Political faction">faction</a> in federal parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=Factional+warfare+creates+Right+old+mess+in+search+for+a+leader+with+a+winning+chance&rft.aulast=Bramston&rft.aufirst=Troy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fpolitics%2Ffactional-warfare-creates-right-old-mess-in-search-for-a-leader-with-a-winning-chance%2Fnews-story%2F1f76ae55c3313239fb494d4d8a79fa79&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoel+Fitzgibbon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Fitzgibbon&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span 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