Natalie Maree Hutchins, also known as Natalie Sykes-Hutchins, is an Australian politician born on March 9, 1972.
She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010, representing the electorates of Keilor (2010–2014) and Sydenham (2014–present).
From December 2014 until December 2018, she served in the First Andrews Ministry as Minister for Local Government, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and Minister for Industrial Relations.
She will return to the government in June 2020 as Minister for Victim Support and Minister for Corrections, Youth Justice, and Crime Prevention.
Hutchins, a former union organizer, was the first woman to be elected Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC).
She was a Senior Advisor to the former Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks, and Chief of Staff to the previous Premier.
Natalie Hutchins husband: Who was Steve Hutchins?
Stephen was Natalie’s spouse and a member of the Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales (NSW) from October 1998 to June 2011, representing the Australian Labor Party.
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Hutchins died on November 24, 2017, at the age of 61, at home in the NSW Blue Mountains, surrounded by family, following a long fight with cancer.
He is survived by his wife, Natalie, and six children from his first marriage, Lauren, Michael, Julia, and twins
Madeleine and Georgia, as well as son Xavier, whom he shared with Natalie. He was a loving grandfather to six grandchildren.
