The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Kay Patterson was elected to the Senate for Victoria in 1987. On 7 October 2003 she was appointed Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women. Her other ministerial appointments have included being Minister for Health and Ageing, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. She retired at the expiry of her term in June 2008 prior to the general election. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including links to her first and valedictory speeches, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).

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Events

• 1961 - 1964

  Small business secretary and office manager

• 1970

  Tutor with the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney

• 1974 - 1991

  Member of Guides Victoria State Council

• 1974 - 1985

  Member of Guides Victoria State Executive

• 1974 - 1976

  Senior Tutor with the Psychology Department at Monash University

• 1977 - 1983

  Lecturer with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences

• 1978 - 1999

  Member of the Monash University Council

• 1983

  Kellogg Travelling Fellow and Visiting Fellow with the Institue of Gerontology at the University of Michigan

• 1983 - 1985

  Senior Lecturer with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences

• 1985 - 1987

  Delegate from the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party State Council

• 1985 - 1987

  Member of the Hawthorn and East Yarra Province Electorate Committee

• 1985 - 1987

  Membership Officer of the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party

• 1985

  Visiting Scholar with the Gerontology Center at Pennsylvania State University

• 1986 - 1987

  Principal Lecturer and Chair with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences

• 1986 - 1987

  Vice-President of the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party

• 1987

  Elected to the Senate for Victoria

• 1987 - 1991

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training

• 1987 - 1990

  Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Scruting of Bills

• 1988 - 1991

  Member of Guides Victoria State Executive

• 1988 - 1993

  Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

• 1989

  Delegate at the 3rd Commonwealth Conference on Delegated Legislation in London

• 1990 - 1996

  Member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry

• 1990 - 1992

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Chair of the Social Policy and Health Group

• 1990 - 1992

  Member of the Senate Estimates Committee: C

• 1992 - 1993

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Chair of the Family, Social and Health Policy Group

• 1992

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs

• 1993

  Member of Guides Victoria State Council

• 1993 - 1994

  Shadow Minister for Senior Citizens and Aged Care and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Women’s Affairs and the Arts

• 1993 - 1994

  Member of the Senate Estimates Committee: C

• 1994 - 1995

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Community Services, Senior Citizens and Aged Care

• 1994 - 1996

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: Legislation Committee

• 1994 - 1996

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: References Committee

• 1995 - 1996

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services

• 1995 - 1996

  Participating member of the Economics: Legislation Committee

• 1996 - 1998

  Temporary Chair of Committees

• 1996

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training: References Committee

• 1996

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

• 1996

  Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

• 1996

  Chair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

• 1996 - 1998

  Participating member of the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: References Committee

• 1996 - 1998

  Participating member of the Community Affairs: Legislation Committee

• 1996 - 1997

  Participating member of the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

• 1997

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

• 1997 - 1998

  Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

• 1997

  Chair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

• 1997

  Parliamentary Adviser at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York

• 1998

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

• 1998

  Chair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

• 1998

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: Legislation Committee

• 1998

  Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: References Committee

• 1998 - 2001

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

• 2000 - 2001

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

• 2000

  Official visit to New Zealand

• 2001

  Awarded the Centenary Medal ‘for service as Minister for Health and Ageing’

• 2001

  Official visit to Papua New Guinea

• 2001

  Official visit to Samoa

• 2001

  Leader of the Delegation to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa

• 2001 - 2003

  Minister for Health and Ageing

• 2002

  Life Member of Guides Victoria

• 2003

  Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women

• 2016

  Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)