Matt Thistlethwaite
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The Honourable Matt Thistlethwaite MP |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Kingsford Smith | |
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Assumed office 7 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Garrett |
| Senator for New South Wales | |
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In office 1 July 2011 – 9 August 2013 |
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| Succeeded by | Sam Dastyari |
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General Secretary of the Labor Party in New South Wales |
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In office 1 October 2008 – 17 July 2010 |
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| Leader |
Morris Iemma Nathan Rees Kristina Keneally |
| Preceded by | Karl Bitar |
| Succeeded by | Sam Dastyari |
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6 September 1972 Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel Casamento |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Matraville, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | Pagewood Public School |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Occupation |
Legal advisor (Mallesons Stephen Jaques) Union organiser (Australian Workers' Union) |
| Profession |
Trade unionist Solicitor Politician |
| Website | mattthistlethwaite |
Matthew James "Matt" Thistlethwaite (born 6 September 1972) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2013, representing the electorate of Kingsford Smith. He was formerly a member of the Australian Senate from 2011 to 2013. Thistlethwaite served as Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs in the Gillard government from March to July 2013, and as Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport in the Rudd government from July to September 2013. Before entering electoral politics, he was the general secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Thistlethwaite graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Economics.
In 1995 he began working at the Australian Workers Union as an organiser. Whilst in this role he studied law part-time and completed a Diploma of Law in 2000. In 2001 he was elected Vice President of the Australian Workers Union NSW Branch. At the age of 22, Thistlethwaite joined NSW Labor Party and was president of the NSW Young Labor from 1997 to 1998.
In 2004 Thistlethwaite was elected deputy assistant secretary of Unions NSW. In this role he represented workers in public sector enterprise agreement negotiations and in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. He was a co-ordinator of the Your Rights at Work campaign in New South Wales against the Howard Government's WorkChoices laws. Thistlethwaite is a former director of the State Transit Authority of NSW, and the NSW Manufacturing Council. He was a member of the Racing Industry Participants Advisory Council, and an executive member of the NSW Jockeys Association. He was elected general secretary of NSW Labor from 2008–2010. During his time as NSW ALP secretary Thistlethwaite backed Frank Sartor's unsuccessful candidacy to replace premier Nathan Rees and Rees was instead replaced by Kristina Keneally. Before entering Parliament, Thistlethwaite worked as a senior consultant with law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques.
Thistlethwaite sought to become the endorsed Labor candidate for the House of Representatives seat of Kingsford Smith in Sydney's eastern suburbs, for the 2004 election. However, Peter Garrett was chosen by the then Labor leader Mark Latham.
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