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Matthew Paul Burnell was born on 25 August 1978 and grew up on his family's citrus farm at Curlwaa near Mildura, Victoria, with a father who farmed and a mother who was a nurse. He worked on the family farm and vineyard as a boy, took his first paid job at KFC at 15, and after school joined the Army Reserves, later working for several years as a cash-in-transit truck driver before becoming a Transport Workers' Union organiser in 2016. [source]
Grew up on a family citrus farm near Mildura; Army Reserve, then truck driver and seafarer, and a Transport Workers' Union organiser from 2016. [source]
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Burnell's official member profile states he "wants the Northern suburbs of Adelaide to be the hub of manufacturing once again, securing jobs for our future and generations to come," and lists fighting for "good, secure jobs" among his priorities.
Record last updated 2026-08-13.
