Biography
Kate Thwaites is the Federal Member for Jagajaga in Melbourne’s north-eastern suburbs since 2019.
Kate is the Assistant Minister for Social Security, Assistant Minister for Ageing and Assistant Minister for Women.
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Latest media
Read the latest media releases, speeches and transcripts.
Assistant Minister for Ageing, speech – 29 October 2024
Read Assistant Minister Thwaites' speech at the 2024 Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme Conference, Adelaide.-
Radio interview with the Assistant Minister for Ageing, MIX 104.9 Darwin – 3 October 2024
Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Thwaites' interview with Katie Woolf on the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, and the Seniors Roundtable in the Northern Territory. -
Assistant Minister for Ageing, speech – 20 September 2024
Read Assistant Minister Thwaites' speech at the National Ageing Research Institute Annual Summit. -
Assistant Minister for Social Security, Ageing and Women – speech – 10 September 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Thwaites' speech to the UnitingCare Australia Leaders' Forum