The Hon Catherine King MP Biography

Parliamentary Service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Ballarat, Victoria, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

Ministerial Appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing from 14.9.10.
• Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport from 14.9.10.

Committee Service

• House of Representatives Standing: Health and Ageing from 2.12.04 to 19.7.10; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government from 19.2.08 to 19.7.10.
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 20.3.02 to 19.7.10.

Conferences, Delegations and Visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia, June 2005.
• Official visits to Russia, Belgium and UK, April-May 2011; Germany, May 2011.

Parliamentary Party Positions

• Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development (House) from 26.10.04 to 24.6.05;
• Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury from 24.6.05 to 3.12.07.

Party Positions

• Member, ALP from 1993.
• Member, ALP Health and Community Services Policy Committee 1998-2000.
• President, ALP Port Melbourne Branch 1998-1999.
• Member, ALP Ballarat East Branch from 2000.
• Secretary, ALP Caucus Committee on Urban, Regional and Rural Development 2002-04.
• Member, ALP Caucus Committee on Economics.
• Member, ALP Caucus Committee on Status of Women.

Personal

• Born 2.6.1966, Melbourne, Vic.
• Married.

Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (Social Work) (Philip Institute of Technology), MA (Public Policy)(ANU).
• Social worker, Ballarat Children's Homes and Family Services 1988-92.
• Research officer to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health 1993.
• Industry policy officer, Australia New Zealand Food Authority 1993-94.
• Assistant Director, Population Health Division, Commonwealth Dept of Health and Aged Care 1997-98; Assistant Director, National Public Health Partnership.
• Director, Injury Prevention, Population Health Division, Commonwealth Dept of Health and Aged Care 1998-99.
• Senior Manager, KPMG Consulting 1999-2001.

Electorate

• Description: provincial.
• Location: inner-west Victoria; it includes the city of Ballarat and the centres of Ballan, Blackwood, Burrumbeet, Buninyong, Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Myrniong and Trentham.
• Area: 4652 sq km (approx.).
• Electors enrolled: 97 802 (at 21.8.10).
• Industries: beef cattle, sheep, potatoes, apples, mineral water, market gardening and gold mining, tourism, clothing and fabrics, sawmilling, engineering and confectionery.
• State electorates: Ballarat includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Ballarat West, and parts of Ballarat East, Melton and Ripon.

Honours

• Victorian Young Achiever of the Year (Community Service) 1991.