She is a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Auburn since 2019.
[2] After leaving the army, she worked as a political staffer for state MP Sandra Nori, federal member for Sydney Peter Baldwin, and then as an electoral officer for Senator John Faulkner.
At the 1995 New South Wales state election, she contested the district of North Shore but was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Jillian Skinner.
[4] In October 2023, Murphy signed an open letter which condemned attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.
[6] Voltz was born in Hornsby on Sydney's North Shore, and attended Birrong Girls High School.