Katy Gallagher
Senate · Australian Labor Party · Labor Left
Biography
Katherine Ruth Gallagher (/'gæləhər/ GAL-ə-her; born 18 March 1970) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Government since 2022 and since 2025 as Minister for Government Services. She also formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. She has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election, as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) having previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018. Gallagher grew up in Canberra and was a social worker and…
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- Date of birth
- 1970-03-18
- Place of birth
- Canberra, Australia
- APH identifier
- ING
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- 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)
- Gordon Reid · 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)
- Basem Abdo · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Emma Comer · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 20 January 2025–presentMinister — for — Government Services
- 1 June 2022–presentMinister — for the — Public Service
- 31 May 2022–presentVice-President — of the — Executive Council
- 31 May 2022–presentManager of Government Business — in the — Senate
- 23 May 2022–presentMinister — for — Women
- 23 May 2022–presentMinister — for — Finance
- 23 May 2022–presentCabinet Minister
- 23 May 2022–1 June 2022Attorney-General
Committee service
- 8 April 2020–7 April 2022Senate Select — COVID-19 — Chair
- 2 July 2019–1 June 2022Senate Standing — Selection of Bills
- 2 July 2019–presentSenate Standing — Procedure
- 2 July 2019–1 June 2022Senate Standing — Appropriations, Staffing and Security
- 13 September 2016–9 May 2018Joint Statutory — Intelligence and Security
- 12 September 2016–9 May 2018Senate Standing — Selection of Bills
Qualifications
- Date not recordedBA
Occupations
- 1 January 1998–1 January 2001Organiser for the Community and Public Sector Union from 1998 to 2001.
- 1 January 1993–1 January 1998Community Worker from 1993 to 1998.
Current parliamentary service
- 2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
- 2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
- 2019 — 2022Elected to the Senate for the Australian Capital Territory 2019.Source
- 2016 — 2018Elected to the Senate for the Australian Capital Territory 2016. Election ruled void 9.5.2018 under section 44 (i) of the Constitution.Source
- 2015 — 2016Chosen by the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory on 25.3.2015 under section 44 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to represent that Territory in the Senate, vice the Hon. K Lundy (resigned).Source