Matt Thistlethwaite

Senator Matt Thistlethwaite
Senator for New South Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2011
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Born	6 September 1972 (1972-09-06) (age 39) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Profession	Solicitor

Matthew James "Matt" Thistlethwaite (born 6 September 1972) is an Australian politician and member of the Australian Labor Party. He was elected to the Australian Senate representing New South Wales at the 2010 federal election.^[1] He is set to take office from July 2011.

Matt Thistlethwaite has extensive experience representing workers, as a lawyer and trade union official, in a range of industries including transport, power, manufacturing, agriculture, public sector, health and horse racing.

Matt Thistlethwaite is a former director of the State Transit Authority of NSW, and the NSW Manufacturing Council. He was a member of the Racing Industry Participants Advisory Council, and an Executive Member of the NSW Jockeys Association.

Matt Thistlethwaite has been an active surf lifesaver for 26 years and served four years as President of Maroubra Surf Lifesaving Club. He was also the President of Maroubra PCYC from 1999–2004, awarded by PCYC NSW for his dedicated services in 2005.

Recently, Matt Thistlethwaite has been working as a Senior Consultant with law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques. His tertiary qualifications are: Diploma of Law, graduated 2001; Bachelor of Economics (UNSW).

Matt Thistlethwaite was elected General Secretary of NSW Labor from 2008–2010. He was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Unions NSW from 2004 to 2008, and worked for the Australian Workers Union for 10 years. He has been a member of NSW Labor since 1995 and was President of NSW Young Labor from 1997–98.

References

1. ^ "Senate Results – New South Wales – 2010 Federal Election". http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/snsw-results.htm. Retrieved 12 September 2010. 

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Name	Thistlethwaite, Matt
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Date of birth	6 September 1972
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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