Don Farrell

Senator the Honourable Don Farrell
Special Minister of State
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Ben Morton
Minister for Trade and Tourism
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Dan Tehan
Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Leader	Penny Wong
Preceded by	Michaelia Cash
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office 30 September 2016 – 30 May 2019
Leader	Penny Wong
Preceded by	Stephen Conroy
Succeeded by	Kristina Keneally
Minister for Sport
In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Kate Lundy
Succeeded by	Peter Dutton
Senator for South Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2016
In office 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2014
Personal details
Born	Donald Edward Farrell (1954-06-06) 6 June 1954 (age 70) Murray Bridge, South Australia
Political party	Labor
Alma mater	University of Adelaide
Occupation	Union leader
Website	senatorfarrell.com.au

Donald Edward Farrell (born 6 June 1954) is an Australian politician and former trade unionist. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been Minister for Trade and Tourism and Special Minister of State in the Albanese government since 2022. He has served as a Senator for South Australia since 2016, after a previous term from 2008 to 2014.

Farrell holds a law degree from the University of Adelaide. He was state secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) from 1993 to 2008. After an unsuccessful candidacy at the 1988 Adelaide by-election, Farrell was elected to the Senate at the 2007 federal election. He was a parliamentary secretary in the Gillard government from 2010 to 2013, then served briefly as Minister for Science and Research and Minister for Sport prior to the ALP's defeat at the 2013 federal election. He lost his own seat at election, but was returned to the Senate in 2016 following a double dissolution. Farrell was elected as the ALP's deputy Senate leader in 2016 and is a senior figure in the Labor Right faction. He was appointed to cabinet following the party's victory at the 2022 election.