Jan Murray

Janice Beatrice Murray (born 1943) is an Australian public relations consultant, writer and media personality.

Career Politics Murray contested the seat of Eastwood at the 1978 New South Wales state election for the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Public relations From 1981, Murray was principal of Jan Murray & Associates Pty Ltd––a public relations firm that handled a variety of high-profile campaigns, including the spectacular Gala Opening of the Gold Coast International Hotel, and the Australian Tourism Commission's Shrimp on the barbie advertisements featuring Australian actor Paul Hogan, which was overseen by her former husband, then-Minister for Tourism, John Brown.

Writing Murray, with her background in Tourism, developed the concept for what became Channel Nine's Getaway show in 1992. In 2010 she published her memoir Sheer Madness: Sex, Lies and Politics . In 2012, Murray published a novel called Goodbye Lullaby. Murray went on to publish a revised edition of Goodbye Lullaby (2022) along with a new novel Bright Echoes and a middle school book, NO BRIDGE, NO WAY!: A Glencairn Island Mystery. In 2019, Murray published her second memoir, Pilgrim Souls: A Memoir.

Personal life From age six, Murray suffered from severe hearing loss and subsequently learned to lip read. A spokesperson for then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke said while Murray's comments were in "poor taste" they had nothing to do with Brown's ministerial duties.