Julie Collins

Julie Maree Collins (born 3 July 1971) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Tasmanian seat of Franklin since the 2007 federal election. She held ministerial positions in the Gillard and Rudd governments, and is Minister for Housing and Homelessness and Minister for Small Business in the Albanese ministry.

The Honourable
Julie Collins
MP
Collins in 2012
Minister for Housing and Homelessness
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese
Preceded byMichael Sukkar
In office
1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byMark Butler
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister for Small Business
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese
Preceded byStuart Robert
Minister for Community Services
In office
14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister for the Status of Women
In office
14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byKate Ellis
Succeeded byTony Abbott
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Franklin
Assumed office
24 November 2007
Preceded byHarry Quick
Personal details
Born
Julie Maree Collins

(1971-07-03) 3 July 1971
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Political partyLabor
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.juliecollins.com

Early life

Collins was born in Hobart on 3 July 1971.[1] Her father died when she was five months old, leaving her mother, Anne Peters, widowed at the age of 19. She spent her early years in her grandparents' housing commission property. Her mother subsequently remarried and she was adopted by her step-father Andrew Collins.[2]

Collins attended Cosgrove High School. She enrolled in a college to complete the final two years of her secondary education, but had to discontinue her studies for financial reasons. Shortly after the 1987 federal election she began working for the ALP as an administrative assistant.[2] She holds a certificate IV in business administration.[1]

In 2021, Collins was identified as one of only four federal MPs who did not graduate from high school, the others being Jacqui Lambie, Llew O'Brien and Terry Young.[3]

Politics

Prior to entering parliament herself, Collins worked in various administrative positions for Tasmanian Labor MPs and state government departments. She worked for the state health department (1990–1993), state opposition leader Michael Field (1993–1994), Senator John Coates (1995–1996), Senator Sue Mackay (1996–1998), Hydro Tasmania (1998), state premier Jim Bacon (1998–2003), the state Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (2003–2005), and Senator Carol Brown (2005–2006).[1]

Collins was state president of Young Labor in 1996 and a delegate to state and national conference. She served as state secretary of the ALP from 2006 to 2007.[1]

Collins is a member of Labor Left.[4]

Parliamentary career

Before her election as Member for Franklin in 2007, Collins previously unsuccessfully stood for the seat of Denison in the 2006 state election.[5]

She successfully held her seat in the 2010 federal election and was sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services on 14 September 2010 in the First Gillard ministry. In 2011, Collins became Minister for Community Services, Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, and Minister for the Status of Women in the Second Gillard ministry.[1] In 2013, Collins gained additional responsibilities as the Minister for Housing and Homelessness and was promoted to the cabinet in the Second Rudd ministry.[6] She remained in these positions until the defeat of the Rudd government in September 2013.

Following the 2022 federal election, Collins was appointed Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness and Minister for Small Business in the Albanese ministry.[1]

Personal life

Collins has three children with her husband Ian Hubbard.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Hon Julie Collins MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. "Maiden speech". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "Pathways to Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. "Labor's new-look shadow ministry". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. Green, Antony. "Franklin". ABC Election Guide. Australia: ABC News.
  6. "Second Rudd Ministry" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  7. "About". Julie Collins MP. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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