Cameron Lionel Murphy AM MLC (born 30 March 1973) is an Australian barrister, civil libertarian and Labor Party member of the NSW Legislative Council.

[citation needed] Murphy was an intern under the Australian Council of Trade Unions 'Organising Works'[2] program in its inaugural year, 1994, where he trained in recruitment and organising of workers.

In 2012, Murphy stood as a candidate in the NSW Labor Party's trial community preselection for the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney.

[13] Murphy again was narrowly defeated in the 2019 State Election for Electoral district of East Hills losing by just 429 votes.

In 2022, Murphy ran for preselection for the NSW Legislative Council within the Socialist Left Faction of the Labor Party.

He came fourth behind Rose Jackson, John Graham and Mich Veitch after a number of his voters were excluded from participating in the ballot.

[16] In October 2023, Murphy signed an open letter which condemned attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

In 2014, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his significant service to the community through a range of human rights and civil liberty organisations.