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Senator Perin

About Perin Davey

Perin grew up in Canberra, but chose to move to the regions where she feels more at home. She currently lives on the Billabong Creek near Deniliquin — between the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in the key irrigation areas of the Murray-Darling Basin — raising her two daughters with husband John.

Perin’s working life has seen run her own hospitality company on the safari trail in Botswana, train as a journalist and serve Australia as an Army reservist.

A desire to work for the common good and a background in media led Perin into political advisory roles and later, work advocating for irrigation industries. She worked for Australia’s largest private irrigation infrastructure operator, Murray Irrigation, advising on water policy during the development and then release of the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

As someone who is married to a farmer and lives in rural NSW, Perin understands how important it is for our regional communities to have a strong voice in parliament and fight against inner-city interests that could threaten our country way of life.

Current Committee service

  • Australia’s Disaster Resilience served from 1.12.2022 to present
  • Environment and Communications: Legislation served as Substitute member from 11.9.2023 to present
Senator Davey with Water Minister Keith Pitt at the Murray River Salt Inception works, on the NSW side of Mildura.
Senate Coalition Class of 2019 with Government Whip Dean Smith
Women of Parliament
Coordinator General for Drought and North Queensland Floods, The Hon Shane Stone, Edward River Council Mayor Norm Brennan and General Manager Adam McSwain discussing the importance of support for local jobs during drought.
Out on a bushfire affected farm in Conargo with Leader of the Nationals in the Senate Bridget Mckenzie, Bega Deputy Mayor Russell Fitzpatrick, State member Andrew Constance, and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.
ABC Heywire finalists, Jade Cicack from Broken Hill and Fenella Jamison from Narrabri.

PERIN’S PRIORITIES

  • Make sure our landowners have the right to farm and that their families and employees
    can feel safe on their property;
  • Regional development and encouraging industry out of the cities;
  • Reducing unemployment and creating good local job opportunities for our kids so they can stay and be employed in the regions;
  • Continue to build mobile phone towers in an effort to be mobile blackspot free;
  • Improved mental health support for all regional Australians, with a strong focus on our youth; and
  • A fair go for all Australians.

Perin’s first speech

17 September 2019

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