Catherine King (politician)
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.
For other people named Catherine King, see Catherine King (disambiguation).
Catherine King
2 June 1966
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mark Karlovic
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Early life[edit]
King was born in Melbourne on 2 June 1966.[1] She completed her secondary education at Emmaus College.[2]
She subsequently completed the degrees of Bachelor of Social Work at the Phillip Institute of Technology and Master of Public Policy at the Australian National University.[1] She completed a Bachelor of Laws at Deakin University in 2018,[3] and was admitted as a lawyer in Victoria in 2021.[4]
Working life[edit]
King worked as a social worker at Ballarat Children's Homes and Family Services from 1988 to 1992, and in 1991 was named Victorian Young Achiever of the Year in the field of community services.[1] In the same year she spent six months working in Birmingham, England, which influenced her later decision to enter politics.[5] King subsequently joined the Australian Public Service, working as an industry policy officer for the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (1993–1994) and as a senior officer in the Department of Health and Aged Care (1997–1999). She served as assistant director of the department's population health division and later as director of injury prevention.[1] While in the public service she lived in Canberra, spending periods in Narrabundah, Hughes and Swinger Hill.[6] King later moved back to Victoria and joined the private sector as a senior manager in KPMG's consulting division.[1]