17 Facts About Carmel Tebbutt

Carmel Mary Tebbutt was born on 22 January 1964 and is an Australian former politician.

Carmel Tebbutt was the Labor Party Member for the former seat of Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly until the 2015 election and was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2008 to 2011.

Carmel Tebbutt was Minister for Health in the Keneally Government.

Carmel Tebbutt is the first woman to hold the position of Deputy Premier of New South Wales.

Carmel Tebbutt was born and raised in the country New South Wales town of Forbes.

Carmel Tebbutt went on to earn an Economics degree from the University of Sydney, graduating in 1986.

Carmel Tebbutt joined the Labor Party in 1985, as a member of its left-wing faction.

Carmel Tebbutt was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council filling a vacancy following the retirement of Ann Symonds in 1998.

In July 2002, Carmel Tebbutt was promoted, given responsibility for the Ministries of Community Services, Ageing, Disability Services, and Youth, whilst retaining the Juvenile Justice portfolio.

Hence for the three-week period from 26 August to 17 September 2005, Carmel Tebbutt was in the unusual, though not unprecedented, position of being a Minister of the State, without being a member of parliament.

Carmel Tebbutt successfully defended the seat of Marrickville for the Labor Party in her by-election.

Carmel Tebbutt successfully held the seat of Marrickville at the 2007 election, but announced after it that she would not be a candidate for the new ministry and would return to the back bench so she could spend more time with her family.

Carmel Tebbutt was sworn in as Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister for Commerce on 7 September 2008.

Carmel Tebbutt remained as Deputy Leader and Deputy Premier under Keneally, and became Minister for Health.

In November 2013, Carmel Tebbutt announced she was retiring from politics and would not contest the 2015 election.

In February 2018 Carmel Tebbutt started as CEO of the Mental Health Coordinating Council, the peak body representing the community mental health sector in NSW.

In 2000, Carmel Tebbutt married Anthony Albanese, later the leader of the Australian Labor Party and 31st prime minister of Australia.