Kate Ellis
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The Honourable Kate Ellis MP |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Adelaide |
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Assumed office 9 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Trish Worth |
| Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | |
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In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Peter Garrett |
| Succeeded by | Sussan Ley |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 28 June 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Position Recreated |
| Succeeded by | Peter Garrett |
| Minister for Employment Participation | |
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In office 14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Mark Arbib |
| Succeeded by | Luke Hartsuyker |
| Minister for the Status of Women | |
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In office 15 September 2010 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Tanya Plibersek |
| Succeeded by | Julie Collins |
| Minister for Sport | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | George Brandis |
| Succeeded by | Mark Arbib |
| Personal details | |
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22 September 1977 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | David Penberthy |
| Website | kateellis |
Katherine Margaret "Kate" Ellis (born 22 September 1977) is an Australian politician, representing the Division of Adelaide in the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party since 2004. She served in multiple portfolios in the outer ministry of the 2007–13 federal Labor government and has been in shadow cabinet since. In March 2017 Ellis announced that she would step down from shadow cabinet as of the next reshuffle and leave parliament at the next federal election.
Ellis was born in Melbourne and grew up in rural South Australia in the Murray River town of Mannum where her mother worked as a teacher at the local primary school. Ellis moved to Adelaide for her secondary education, attending Daws Road High School. She enrolled but left without completing a Bachelor of International Studies at Flinders University. While enrolled at Flinders she was General Secretary of the Students Association and an editor of Empire Times. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she worked as a research officer for state and federal parliamentarians. Ellis is linked with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). She was a ministerial adviser to South Australian state minister Rory McEwen and then for the former Deputy Premier of South Australia, Kevin Foley.
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