Natalie Sykes
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The Honourable Natalie Hutchins MP |
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| Minister for Local Government | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier | Daniel Andrews |
| Preceded by | Tim Bull |
| Minister for Aboriginal Affairs | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier | Daniel Andrews |
| Preceded by | Tim Bull |
| Minister for Industrial Relations | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier | Daniel Andrews |
| Preceded by | Robert Clark |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Sydenham |
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Assumed office 29 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Keilor |
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In office 27 November 2010 – 29 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | George Seitz |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 March 1972 Melbourne |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Hutchins |
| Website | nataliehutchins.com.au |
Natalie Maree Hutchins (née Sykes, born 9 March 1972), also known as Natalie Sykes-Hutchins, is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010, representing the electorates of Keilor (2010–2014) and Sydenham (2014–present). She has been Minister for Local Government, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Minister for Industrial Relations in the Andrews Ministry since December 2014.
A former union organiser, Hutchins was first woman to be elected Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC). She was a Senior Advisor to the former Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks, Chief of Staff to the former Victorian Minister of Education, Mary Delahunty, and was a founding partner in the research and strategy company Global Workplace Solutions. Hutchins, a member of Labor's Unity faction, is a member of the Australian Labor Party National Executive.
Married to Steve Hutchins, Senator for New South Wales, she has one child and five step-children.
Educated at public schools in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne including St Albans North Primary School and Buckley Park High School. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe University, an institution that has been the starting point of many Victorian political figures from both sides of the political spectrum including current Victorian Minister, Jacinta Allan and Shadow Minister, Martin Dixon; Federal MPs Michael Danby (ALP) and Sharman Stone (Liberal); former ACTU Secretary and union icon Bill Kelty and current Federal Director of the Liberal Party, Brian Loughnane. During her years at university she was the president of the Latrobe University Labor Club and the Victorian President of the National Union of Students. While in high school and studying for her degree she worked variously as a waitress, a dance teacher and a printer's assistant.
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