Katy Gallagher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Finance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 23 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Simon Birmingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice-President of the Executive Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Simon Birmingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for the Public Service | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ben Morton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 23 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Marise Payne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager of Government Business in the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 31 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Anne Ruston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senator for the Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 21 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | David Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 March 2015 – 9 May 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kate Lundy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Katherine Ruth Gallagher[1] 18 March 1970 Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Australian National University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Community worker, union organiser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 having 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). She previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018.
Gallagher grew up in Canberra and was a social worker and union organiser with the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) before entering politics. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 2001, representing the electorate of Molonglo.[2] She was made a minister under Jon Stanhope in 2002, and appointed Deputy Chief Minister in 2006. Gallagher became Chief Minister in 2011 after Stanhope's retirement, and led her party to a fourth consecutive term at the 2012 general election. She resigned in 2014 to seek preselection to the Senate.[3]
In March 2015, Gallagher was appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Kate Lundy.[4] She was appointed to Bill Shorten's shadow ministry later in the year, and elected to the Senate in her own right at the 2016 federal election. She was subsequently elected Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate. In December 2017, during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, Gallagher was referred to the High Court. The court ruled in May 2018 that she was disqualified from sitting in the Senate for failing to renounce her British citizenship before nomination for election in 2016.[5] She returned to her previous Senate seat at the 2019 federal election.[6]
- ^ 2012/2013 Annual Returns Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Elections ACT, 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Members of the Fifth Assembly (2001-2004)". ACT Legislative Assembly. 2001. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Barr elected ACT Chief Minister, seventh in history". ABC News. Australia. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Peake, Ross. "Katy Gallagher promises to stand up for Canberra". Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ Baxendale, Rachel; Brown, Greg (9 May 2018). "Labor senator Katy Gallagher found ineligible by High Court". The Australian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2018.(subscription required)
- ^ "Senate Results". ABC News. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.