Griffin went to school at St Mary's Cathedral College, and in 2006 was one of the first students to enrol at the Sydney campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2008.[5]
Griffin was also involved in local government, serving a single term as a councillor on Manly Council, and as deputy mayor under Mayor Jean Hay from 2015 to 2016 when the council was amalgamated into the Northern Beaches Council. His mother, Cathy Griffin, was a major in the Australian Army, and also served one term as a councillor in Manly, albeit as a member of the NSW Greens.[6]
He is the son of Australian Army Officer Brigadier Michael Griffin AM (Ret) who was the Australian Commissioner for Law Enforcement Integrity.[7]
Griffin was appointed as an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Business at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney. He has also served as a board member of the University of Sydney Innovation Hub. Griffin co-founded SR7, a digital risk consulting company, in 2009.[8] In February 2014, SR7 was acquired by professional service group KPMG, with Griffin joining the firm as a Director in the Risk Consulting Practice.[9]
Griffin was reported as a potential NSW Opposition Leader following the Coalition election loss in March 2023.[10]
Identified as a rising star[clarification needed] in the NSW Parliamentary Liberal Party,[11] Griffin was appointed a Member of the Legislation Review Committee in June 2017, and subsequently appointed Chair of the same committee in November 2017. The Legislation Review Committee reviews all Bills introduced into Parliament and reports on the impact of these Bills on personal rights and liberties.[12]
In September 2018 Griffin was elected Chairman of the NSW Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Planning.[13] The Committee tabled the Land Release and Housing Supply in NSW report in October 2018.[14]
As Environment Minister, Griffin implemented a number of historic reforms including the banning of problematic single use plastics and the largest ever acquisition of land for a New South Wales National Park.[15]
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