Kelly O'Dwyer

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O'Dwyer had been serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer in the Abbott government from December 2014, until the leadership spill of the Liberal Party occurred in September 2015. Malcolm Turnbull won the spill and was sworn in as Prime Minister on 15 September 2015. Turnbull introduced an overhaul of the cabinet, which saw O'Dwyer appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer in the First Turnbull Ministry. [18] [19] Following the re-election of the Turnbull government in 2016, the O'Dwyer was appointed as the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, a name change. [20] O'Dwyer was assigned two additional responsibilities, as the Minister for Women and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service, in December 2017. [21] Following the commencement of the Morrison government, O'Dwyer became the Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations, in addition to her ongoing role as Minister for Women. [2]

In 2018 O'Dwyer was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women. [22]

On 19 January 2019, O'Dwyer announced that she would not be contesting the upcoming election as her two children would be approaching primary school age and she wanted to give her and her husband the best opportunity for a third child. [3]

Personal life

She is married to Jon Mant, a business executive, and has two sisters and one brother. [23] [24] Her daughter was born in 2015. [25] [26]

In 2017, O'Dwyer gave birth to her second child, making her the first Cabinet Minister to give birth while in office. [22]

In April 2022, O'Dwyer joined Barrenjoey Capital Partners as a non-executive director. [27]

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The Honourable
Kelly O'Dwyer
Kelly O'Dwyer 2017.jpg
Kelly O'Dwyer in 2017
Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations
In office
24 August 2018 –11 April 2019
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Higgins
2009–2019		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations
2018–2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Revenue and Financial Services
2015–2018		Succeeded byas Assistant Treasurer
Preceded by Minister for Women
2017–2019		Succeeded by
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
2017–2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Small Business
2015–2016		Succeeded by
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