Australian politician Matt Canavan is married to his wife Anndrea Johanna. He is currently facing backlash for criticising the musical group Wiggles, which recently added four new members for diversity.
Matt Canavan is an Australian politician, who is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits in federal parliament by side of the National Party.
Canavan was elected to the Australian Senate as a member of the Liberal National Party representing Queensland at the 2013 federal election. Matt also got the opportunity to serve as a Minister for Northern Australia in the first Turnbull Ministry.
Similarly, he served as the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia between Feb 2016 and February 2020.
Further, On February 3, 2020, he resigned from the Cabinet to support Barnaby Joyce. Though he remained as deputy leader of the Nationals in the Senate.
Matt Canavan Wife
Matt Canavan is married to his gorgeous wife Andrea Johanna. The love birds first met at university while volunteering with Edmund Rice Camps.
The couple is blessed with five children: Jack, Henry, Elizabeth, Edward, and William. Currently, Matt along with his family is based in Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia.
Matt Canavan Brother & Parents
Matt Canavan’s brother John Canavan is a managing director of Winfield Energy. Previously he worked as a director, mergers at Peabody Energy as per his Linkedin profile. Moreover, his brother worked as a senior associate at InterGen.
Matt Canavan was born to his parents in Southport, Queensland. His father Bryan Michael Canavan worked at Woolworths in the position of manager and was a sales representative with Nestle. In the meantime, his mother Maria Canavan worked as a teller with the Commonwealth Bank.
Matt Canavan Wiggles Criticism: What Did He Say About Wiggles?
In an interview, Matt Canavan told The Australian that is the wiggles free to do what they like. It was nice while it lasted. But you go woke, you go broke.
Matt has slammed The Wiggles for adding new members to its group. Moreover, Canavan said the new line-up will destroy The Wiggles, according to News.AU.
After the Wiggles, one of the renowned children’s entertainment groups announced four new diverse members were joining their group, as per DailyMail.
New Red Wiggles Tsehay 15, was adopted from Ethiopia and the new blue Wiggle 24, is an indigenous dancer from Cairns. Moreover, the new line-up will be featuring three non-binary characters.
In addition to it, founding wiggle Anthony said that it is important that The Wiggles continue to evolve along with society. He added this is the first step for shaping The Wiggles for the next 30 years.