15 Facts About Natalie Hutchins

Natalie Maree Hutchins, known as Natalie Sykes-Hutchins, is an Australian politician.

Natalie Hutchins has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010, representing the electorates of Keilor and Sydenham.

Natalie Hutchins 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.

Natalie Hutchins, a member of Labor's Unity faction, is a member of the Australian Labor Party National Executive.

Natalie Hutchins completed a Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe University, where she was the president of the La Trobe University Labor Club and the Victorian President of the National Union of Students.

In 1999, shortly after the 1999 election of the Bracks Labor Government, Natalie Hutchins resigned her position at the VTHC citing "leadership tensions".

In 2001, Natalie Hutchins was employed as a senior organiser with the Transport Workers Union of Australia where she negotiated national wages agreements in the airlines, car carrying and road transport industries.

Natalie Hutchins started a business partnership in 2007, called Globe Workplace, which focused on workplace research and strategy across Australia.

Natalie Hutchins is a member of the Australian Workers Union component of the Victorian Labor Right.

Natalie Hutchins was a senior advisor to the former Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks and Chief of Staff and to the former Minister of Education, Mary Delahunty.

Long considered by Labor as a future Member of Parliament, Natalie Hutchins' name was proposed in June 2000 for preselection for the Victorian Federal Seat of Isaacs following the death of the sitting member Greg Wilton.

In 2009, following the retirement of George Seitz, who had held the seat for Labor since 1982, Natalie Hutchins was endorsed by Labor's National Executive as the candidate for Keilor in the 2010 Victorian state election.

Natalie Hutchins was elected and was appointed as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport in a February 2012 reshuffle.

Natalie Hutchins returned to the ministry in June 2020 when she was appointed as Minister for Corrections, Youth Justice, Crime Prevention and Victim Support.

In June 2022, Natalie Hutchins was appointed as Minister for Education and for the second time, as Minister for Women.