Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Catherine King
House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Left
Ballarat, VICFirst elected 2001
Public profile
Biography
Catherine Fiona King (born 2 June 1966) is an Australian politician serving as the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government since 2022 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments in 2013. She served as Shadow Minister of Health from 2013 to 2019 and as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development from 2019 to 2022.
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- Date of birth
- 1966-06-02
- Place of birth
- Melbourne, Australia
- APH identifier
- 00AMR
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
Preparing the network…
- Karen Grogan · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Zaneta Mascarenhas · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Carina Garland · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Louise Miller-Frost · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Ellie Whiteaker · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Varun Ghosh · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Carol Berry · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jo Briskey · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Official record
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 1 June 2022–presentMinister — for — Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- 1 June 2022–presentCabinet Minister
- 2 June 2019–23 May 2022Shadow Minister — for — Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
- 23 July 2016–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — Health and Medicare
- 18 October 2013–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Health
- 18 October 2013–23 May 2022Shadow Cabinet Minister
- 1 July 2013–18 September 2013Minister — for — Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories
- 1 July 2013–18 September 2013Cabinet Minister
Committee service
- 19 February 2008–19 July 2010House of Representatives Standing — Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government — Chair
- 2 December 2004–19 July 2010House of Representatives Standing — Health and Ageing
- 20 March 2002–19 July 2010Joint Statutory — Public Accounts and Audit
Qualifications
- Date not recordedMA(PubPol)
- Date not recordedBA(SocWk)
Occupations
- 1 January 1999–1 January 2001Senior Manager at KPMG Consulting from 1999 to 2001.
- 1 January 1998–1 January 1999Director of Injury Prevention in the Population Health Division at the Department of Health and Aged Care from 1998 to 1999.
- 1 January 1997–1 January 1998Assistant Director of Population Health Division at the Department of Health and Aged Care from 1997 to 1998.
- 1 January 1993–1 January 1993Research officer to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, 1993.
- 1 January 1993–1 January 1994Industry policy officer for the Australia New Zealand Food Authority from 1993 to 1994.
- 1 January 1988–1 January 1992Social worker at the Children's Homes and Family Services, Ballarat (Vic.) from 1988 to 1992.
Current parliamentary service
Sources and methodology
Parliament of AustraliaBiography and official service history. (opens in a new tab)WikipediaBiography and official service history. (opens in a new tab)They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures. (opens in a new tab)WikidataIdentity, membership and parliamentary information. (opens in a new tab)WikipediaPublic reporting used for the faction classification. (opens in a new tab)WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.