Hon Kate Thwaites MP

Hon Kate Thwaites MP

Member for Jagajaga

Positions
Assistant Minister for Women
Assistant Minister for Social Security
Assistant Minister for Ageing
Party
Australian Labor Party
Chamber
House of Representatives

Seating Plan

Seating map

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

2/37 Burgundy Street
Heidelberg, VIC, 3084

Postal address

PO Box 316
Heidelberg, VIC, 3084

Telephone:
(03) 9459 1411

Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 4305

Biography

Parliamentary service
  • Elected to the House of Representatives for Jagajaga, Victoria, 2019. Re-elected 2022.
Ministerial appointments
  • Assistant Minister for Ageing from 29.7.2024.
  • Assistant Minister for Social Security from 29.7.2024.
  • Assistant Minister for Women from 29.7.2024.
Committee service
  • House of Representatives Standing: Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 10.6.2020 to 31.3.2021; Privileges and Members' Interests served from 28.7.2022 to 29.7.2024; Health, Aged Care and Sport served from 7.12.2023 to 18.3.2024
  • Joint Select: Social Media and Australian Society served from 16.5.2024 to 30.5.2024; Social Media and Australian Society served as Chair from 30.5.2024 to 29.7.2024
  • Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served from 23.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Treaties served from 23.7.2019 to 29.7.2024; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 28.7.2022 to 29.7.2024; Parliamentary Library served from 28.7.2022 to 29.7.2024; Electoral Matters served as Chair from 3.8.2022 to 29.7.2024
  • Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 22.7.2019 to 23.3.2020; Public Accounts and Audit served from 25.2.2021 to 9.8.2021; Public Accounts and Audit served from 30.11.2021 to 11.4.2022; National Anti-Corruption Commission served from 7.2.2024 to 29.7.2024
Parliamentary party positions
  • Australian Labor Party. Served: 18.05.2019 to present
Personal
  • Born: 19.1.1980, Melbourne, Australia
  • Gender: Female
  • Marital Status: Married
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
  • BA (Journ) (RMIT University).
  • MIntDev (RMIT University).
  • Journalist for ABC News from 2002 to 2008.
  • Media Adviser for Oxfam Australia from 2008 to 2010. .
  • Adviser to J Macklin, MP from 2010 to 2013.
  • Public Servant from 2015 to 2019.
Electorate
  • Name: Jagajaga
  • Location: The Division of Jagajaga consists of: Banyule City Council, and part of the Nillumbik Shire Council.
  • Area: 104 Sq km
  • Electors enrolled: 107,553 (at 5.6.2019)
  • Industries: Commercial and light industrial area which includes construction, and retail trade.
Publications
  • Enough is enough, Monash University Publishing, Clayton, Vic: 2021.

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