Kay Patterson
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The Hon Dr Kay Patterson (Liberal Senator for Victoria)
BA (Hons) (Syd), PhD, Dip Ed (Monash), MAPss.
Born: 21 November 1944
Kay Patterson was elected to the Senate in 1987. Prior to entering the Senate she commenced her working life as a secretary and then manager of a small business. Returning to school when she was 20 she completed matriculation, a degree at the University of Sydney and a PhD in psychology at Monash University.
Dr Patterson taught at Sydney and Monash Universities and was Principal Lecturer and Chairman of the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences (now part of La Trobe University). While at Lincoln she taught psychology, human development and research methods.
She was a Kellogg Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan (1983), and in 1985 spent four months as a Visiting Fellow at Pennsylvania State University. On both of these trips she studied gerontology (the study of ageing). Kay Patterson was also instrumental in the development of the first Diploma of Gerontology to be offered in Victoria.
In Opposition she held a number of shadow portfolio responsibilities and was a member of and/or chaired a range of Senate Committees.
In Government, Senator Patterson has represented Australia at international events and was a delegate to the UN General Assembly in New York in 1997. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration in 1998 and in addition Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. After the 2001 election Senator Patterson was appointed to Cabinet as the Minister for Health and Ageing, and at the end of 2003 Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues. In January 2006, Senator Patterson resigned from the Ministry and announced that she would leave Parliament at the end of her Senate term in June 2008.
In September 2006, Senator Patterson tabled a Private Member’s Bill on embryonic stem cell research. The Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 gives effect to the recommendations of the Lockhart Committee’s Legislative Review into the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. The Bill clarifies requirements of some aspects of assisted reproductive technology, extends embryonic research to permit Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, increases penalties for people found in breach of licensing requirements and enables the monitoring and prosecution of people undertaking embryonic research without a license. Her Private Member’s Bill passed the Senate on 7 November 2006 and the House of Representatives on 6 December 2006.
Senator Patterson was a member of the Monash Council for twenty years and has been a member of Guides Australia since she was 10. In 2002 she was appointed an Honorary Life Member of Guides Victoria.
External Link: http://www.senatorkaypatterson.com
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Current members of the Australian Senate
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| NAME | Patterson, Kay Christine Lesley |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | living |
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