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A visual survey of Kelly O'Dwyer's career
Kelly O'Dwyer quits politics ahead of the election. O'Dwyer has been in parliament since 2009 and a cabinet minister since 2015, and has held portfolio responsibilities for financial services, jobs, industrial relations and women. We back through the Fairfax pictorial archive at the rise of Kelly O'Dwyer in Australian politics.
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Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer outside 4 Treasury Place, Melbourne in 2018. Photograph by Chris HopkinsCredit:
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Kelly O'Dwyer and husband Jon Mant after filling in their voting slips at the Toorak South Yarra Library polling booth during the Higgins byelection in 2009. Photo: Justin McManusCredit:
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Kelly O'Dwyer on a press door stop after voting at the Toorak South Yarra Library polling booth during the Higgins by election in 2009.Credit:Justin McManus
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Malcolm Turnbull as opposition leader and candidate for Peter Costello's seat of Higgins, Kelly O'Dwyer at Malvern in 2009. Credit:Jason South
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Malcolm Turnbull as federal opposition leader campaigns for Kelly O'Dwyer as candidate for Peter Costello's seat of Higgins at Malvern in 2009. Credit:Jason South
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As a new Liberal candidate in the earliest years of her career in politics. Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Premier Ted Baillieu with Kelly O'Dwyer in 2010 in Melbourne. Credit:Justin McManus
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Kelly O'Dwyer Liberal backbencher gives a chocolate rose to Kevin Rudd ALP backbencher on Valentines Day during question time in Canberra on Thursday 14 February 2013. Photo: Andrew MearesCredit:
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Liberal Party Conference at The Melbourne Convention Centre.. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is greeted by Kelly O'Dwyer in 2012.Credit:Justin McManus
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Tony Abbott attends an International Women's Day function in Malvern with Kelly O'Dwyer in 2013. Credit:Angela Wylie
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Small Business minister Kelly O'Dwyer during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 13 October 2015.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Kelly O'Dwyer with children Olivia and Edward and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop after the swearing-in ceremony of the new Turnbull ministry by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove at Government House in Canberra on Wednesday 20 December 2017. Photo: Alex EllinghausenCredit:
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Liberal MP Kelly O'Dwyer with her 12-week-old daughter Olivia, arrive at Canberra Airport ahead of the Parliamentary sitting week, on Sunday 9 August 2015. Photo: Alex EllinghausenCredit:
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 24 February 2016. Photo: Alex EllinghausenCredit:
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Kelly O'Dwyer with her son Edward in 2017.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Liberal MP Julia Banks and Minister for Jobs, Industrial Relations and Women Kelly O'Dwyer during a division in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 17 September 2018. Photo: Alex EllinghausenCredit:
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Minister for Jobs, Industrial Relations and Women Kelly O'Dwyer addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Tuesday 20 November 2018. Photo: Alex EllinghausenCredit:
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Minister for Jobs, Industrial Relations and Women Kelly O'Dwyer during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 17 October 2018. Photo: Alex EllinghausenCredit:
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Federal Minister for Jobs and INdustrial Relations Kelly O'Dwyer in December 2018.Credit:Justin McManus