Facts: - caption: graham alliance perrett with members of the lock the gate - parliament: australian - party: australian labor party - constituency mp: moreton - predecessor: gary hardgrave - occupation: solicitor - term start: 24 november 2007 - birth date: 5 january 1966 - name: graham perrett - nationality: australian - image: graham perrett mp.jpg - birth place: st george , queensland - religion: roman catholic - alma mater: queensland university of technology Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of graham perrett .
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graham douglas perrett -lrb- born 5 january 1966 -rrb- is an australian labor politician , and a member of the australian house of representatives in the seat of moreton .perrett has a diploma of teaching , and a bachelor of laws , and has previously worked in the queensland government under peter beattie .perrett was born in st george in queensland in 1966 -lrb- seventh child in a family of ten children -rrb- , and received a diploma of teaching in 1985 .he taught for three years in schools on the darling downs and far north queensland , then another eight years in brisbane .in 1993 , he completed a bachelor of arts with honours through the university of queensland .his honours thesis was a study of the autobiography of malcolm x. perrett later received a bachelor of laws from queensland university of technology in 1999 , he worked working as a solicitor of the supreme court of queensland from 1999 to 2005 .after working with the queensland independent education union as an organiser he was given a role as senior policy adviser for then premier of queensland , peter beattie in 2005 , and later for the minister for health , stephen robertson .perrett previously ran unsuccessfully for the federal seat of moreton in 2004 .perrett has represented the seat of moreton , queensland , since the 2007 australian federal election where he ended gary hardgrave 's 11-year term in office with a 7.6-point swing .perrett described the victory as surprising , stating '' in my wildest dreams i certainly did n't expect that the seat would be decided as early as it was '' .perrett also claimed the victory , over a former multicultural affairs minister , could be put down to the fact that '' people are ready for hope and are n't prepared to stick with the tired old fear factor of john howard '' .a major issue in the 2007 moreton campaign was the australian labor party -lrb- on behalf of perrett -rrb- branding perrett 's rival , gary hardgrave , a '' racist '' , after the standing member said that moreton was being ''...