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The Honourable
Madeleine King
MP
King in 2022
Minister for Resources
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese
Preceded byKeith Pitt
Minister for Northern Australia
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese
Preceded byDavid Littleproud
Member of theAustralian Parliament
forBrand
Assumed office
2 July 2016
Preceded byGary Gray
Personal details
Born
Madeleine Mary Harvie Morris

(1973-03-31)31 March 1973(age 51)
Calista, Western Australia,Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseJamie King
RelationsJohn Morris(brother)
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia[1]
ProfessionLawyer
Websitewww.madeleineking.au

Madeleine Mary Harvie King(néeMorris;born 31 March 1973) is an Australian politician. She is a member of theAustralian Labor Party(ALP) and has beenMinister for ResourcesandMinister for Northern Australiain theAlbanese governmentsince June 2022. She has represented theWestern Australianseat ofBrandin theHouse of Representativessince 2016. She worked as a lawyer and political adviser before entering politics.

Early life[edit]

King was born on 31 March 1973 inCalista, Western Australia.[2][3]She is the youngest of five children born to Diana Eve Pizer and John Harvie Morris. Her father was born in England and served in theRoyal Navy,moving to Australia to work at theKwinana Oil Refinery.Her mother owned a drapery shop inRockingham.[4]

King grew up in the suburb ofShoalwater,attending Safety Bay Primary School, Rockingham Beach Primary School, andSafety Bay Senior High School.[4]She started an arts degree at theUniversity of Western Australia(UWA), but subsequently moved toMelbourneto study aerospace engineering atRMIT University.She returned to Perth after a year and completed aBachelor of Lawsat UWA.[5]

King worked as a commercial lawyer in private practice from 1997 to 2005,[3]working in England for a period following her marriage.[5]She then joined UWA's legal department as a research contracts lawyer (2005–2008), later working as chief of staff to the vice-chancellor Alan Robson (2008–2011) and principal advisor of strategic projects (2012–2013). She oversaw the university's centenary celebrations in 2013. Immediately prior to entering parliament she was the chief operating officer of thePerth USAsia Centre,a think tank based at UWA.[3]

Politics[edit]

King was a ministerial adviser to federal Labor MPGary Grayfrom 2011 to 2012,[3]and also advised WA federal government ministersStephen SmithandChris Evansduring theCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011in Perth.[6]

In March 2016, King won ALPpreselectionunopposed for theDivision of Brand,following Gray's retirement.[7]She retained the seat for the ALP at the2016 federal election,increasing the swing to Labor from a nominal 3.7 points to 7.7 points, making Brand one of Labor's safest federal seats in Western Australia.[8]She is a member of theLabor Rightfaction.[9][10]

In June 2018, King was selected to fill a vacant place on the opposition frontbench, replacingTim Hammond.[11]She was given the consumer affairs portfolio and also made an assistant minister in the small business and resources portfolios. After the2019 electionshe was appointed Shadow Minister for Trade and Shadow Minister for Resources.[3]In March 2021, King stated that the ALP would oppose a moratorium on new coal mines and that "so long as international markets want to buy Australian coal, which is high quality, then they will be able to".[12]

Following the ALP's victory at the2022 election,King was appointed to cabinet asMinister for ResourcesandMinister for Northern Australiain theAlbanese government.[3]

Personal life[edit]

King is married to Jamie King. She has represented Western Australia in Masters (older age)hockey.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Brand – Australia Votes".Election 2016.Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Retrieved7 July2016.
  2. ^"Citizenship Register – 45th Parliament: Madeleine King"(PDF).Parliament of Australia.Retrieved2 June2019.
  3. ^abcdef"Ms Madeleine King MP".Senators and Members of theParliament of Australia.Retrieved6 November2021.
  4. ^ab"First speech".Hansard.Parliament of Australia. 11 October 2016.Retrieved19 April2021.
  5. ^abMcKnight, Gareth (26 March 2016)."Ex-lawyer is Labor bet for Brand".Sound Telegraph.Retrieved20 April2021.
  6. ^Taylor, Paige (22 February 2016)."Think tank Boss the king of the picks to replace Gray in Brand".The Australian.Retrieved20 April2021.
  7. ^Emerson, Daniel (3 March 2016)."Lawyer to represent Labor in Perth".The West Australian.Retrieved19 April2021.
  8. ^"Brand – Australia Votes | Federal Election 2016 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".ABC News.Retrieved10 October2016.
  9. ^Bourke, Latika (30 May 2019)."Albanese caps off his first week as leader by making key mistakes".The Sydney Morning Herald.Fairfax Media.Retrieved30 May2019.
  10. ^"Labor's new-look shadow ministry".SBS News.Special Broadcasting Service.Retrieved31 October2021.
  11. ^Richardson, Graham (26 June 2018)."Affirmative action leaves many a good man behind".The Australian.Retrieved26 June2018.
  12. ^Brown, Greg (19 April 2021)."Labor drops hostility to coal".The Australian.Retrieved19 April2021.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member forBrand
2016–present 		Incumbent
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