The Australian Women's Register

Yvette Berry has followed in her father’s footsteps to enter the ACT Legislative Assembly. She has lived in the electorate all her life. Before her election to parliament she was a community organiser for United Voice, a union which represents workers in the caring industries.

Berry was a Minister since January 2015, serving in the portfolios of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs; Housing, Community Services and Social Inclusion; Multicultural and Youth Affairs; Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Social Inclusion and Equality; Education and Early Childhood Development; Housing and Suburban Development; Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence; Sport and Recreation, and portfolio responsibilities for Women. Following the 2016 ACT election, Berry was appointed Deputy Chief Minister in the Labor Government.

On 23 July 2026 she resigned from the Ministry after the Integrity Commission reported findings of ‘serious corrupt conduct’ against senior members of her Education Directorate concerning the letting of contracts for the refurbishment of Campbell Primary School between 2019 and 2020.