Kate Alexandra Lundy (born 15 December 1967) is a member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Capital Territory.
Born in Sydney, Lundy dropped out of Year 11 without telling her parents and went to work on a construction site. She became the trade union representative and began her career in the Building Workers Industrial Union (BWIU).
In 1996, aged 28, Lundy became the youngest woman from the Australian Labor Party to be electe...
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Kate Alexandra Lundy (born 15 December 1967) is a member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Capital Territory.
Born in Sydney, Lundy dropped out of Year 11 without telling her parents and went to work on a construction site. She became the trade union representative and began her career in the Building Workers Industrial Union (BWIU).
In 1996, aged 28, Lundy became the youngest woman from the Australian Labor Party to be elected to the federal parliament. This record has since been superseded by Kate Ellis. She took over in the Senate when Bob McMullan moved to the lower house.
After the 1998 election, Lundy was made Shadow Minister for Sport and Youth Affairs and Shadow Minister Assisting the Shadow Minister for Industry and Technology on Information Technology. In 2001 she became Shadow Minister for Information Technology and Sport. She added the Arts and Recreation to her responsibilities in 2003 after Mark Latham became federal Labor leader. She was Shadow...
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