Amanda Rishworth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amanda Rishworth
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 10, 1978(1978-07-10)
Age	46
Birthplace	Adelaide
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Cancer

Amanda Rishworth Biography

Amanda Rishworth is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 10, 1978 in Adelaide, Australia. Amanda Louise Rishworth (born 10 July 1978) is an Australian politician serving as the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Kingston in South Australia since the 2007 election. Rishworth is Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Shadow Minister for Youth in the Albanese Shadow Ministry.

In November 2006 Rishworth was preselected unopposed to contest the seat of Kingston at the 2007 federal election. She was up against the sitting Coalition member Kym Richardson who held the most marginal seat for his party after winning it at the 2004 federal election by just 119 votes. Two opinion polls conducted throughout the year by The Advertiser had a swing to Rishworth of up to 7 per cent. Key issues she concentrated on included the lack of broadband access in the electorate, as well as the shortage of doctors. During a debate on industrial relations centring on the Howard Government’s controversial WorkChoices legislation, Rishworth was forced to debate minister Joe Hockey after Richardson pulled out with a prior commitment. Once the election campaign began local announcements included a $12.5 million GP Super Clinic and a $7 million upgrade to the South Road and Victor Harbor Road intersection. A poll midway through the campaign had Rishworth with a similar lead over Richardson to earlier opinion polls and on election day she ended up defeating him with a 54.4 per cent two-party-preferred vote from a 4.5-point swing, one of the seats that took the party from opposition to government after nearly 12 years.

In September 2008, Rishworth introduced a private member’s bill in the parliament calling for a new agreement between the Australian and British governments concerning the need to index the British pension in Australia.

Rishworth gave her maiden speech to the House of Representatives in February

2008. She spoke of the time when she was a retail worker at Toys “R” Us during her teenage years and was offered an Australian workplace agreement (AWA) as a result of new laws introduced by the Howard government, which she refused to sign and as a result was put out of work.

Rishworth studied psychology at Flinders University where she was president of the students’ union before furthering her studies at Adelaide University with a master’s degree in clinical psychology. She then became a practising psychologist in 2005 working in the delivery of mental health care to the community.

Amanda Rishworth Net Worth

Amanda Rishworth is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amanda Rishworth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

“Industrial relations has been important to me for many years. I felt the hard edge of the 1996 workplace relations legislation when I was offered an AWA while employed by a large American retailer. I refused to sign and was no longer offered work despite my five years of loyal service. I was 19 years old at the time. Hence, industrial reform and the enforcement of AWAs is not merely an abstract concept for me.”

Rishworth was born in Adelaide at Flinders Medical Centre to Judith and Leslie, and has two siblings, Julian and Shannon. She attended Unley High School and was a retail worker and swimming instructor while also doing volunteer surf lifesaving duties at Seacliff. She later worked as an organiser and trainer for the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) and was president of Australian Young Labor in 2000.

Rishworth was a Labor candidate at the 2006 state election for the electoral district of Fisher, where she was defeated by sitting independent Bob Such. Labor received a 59.4 per cent two-party-preferred vote from a 15.1-point swing against the Liberals, marking the first time since the 1985 state election that Labor won the two-party-preferred vote in Fisher.

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Rishworth married Timothy Walker in January 2013 and they have one son, Percy. She lives in the Kingston electorate at Hallett Cove and continues to be a volunteer surf lifesaver at Christies Beach.

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Amanda Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Amanda Rishworth celebrates birthday on July 10 of every year.

Rishworth retained her seat of Kingston at the 2013 election with a 59.7 per cent two-party vote from a 4.9-point swing, then the second-largest margin of any party in Kingston’s history. Labor, however, lost government, making Rishworth only the fourth opposition MP in the seat’s history. She was subsequently named Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health in the Shorten Shadow Ministry. On 24 June 2014, she was promoted to the Shadow outer ministry as Shadow Assistant Minister for Education.

Is Amanda Rishworth married?

Rishworth married Timothy Walker in January 2013 and they have two sons, Percy and Oscar.

Who is the liberal member for Kingston?

PartyCandidate±%
Liberal| Kathleen Bourne| −6.54
Greens| John Photakis| +3.22
One Nation| Robert Godfrey-Brown| +4.85
United Australia| Russell Jackson| −0.90

Who is the federal member for Griffith?

Terri Butler
Butler in 2014
Member of the Australian Parliament for Griffith
In office 8 February 2014 – 21 May 2022
Preceded by| Kevin Rudd

What political party is Amanda Rishworth in?

Australian Labor Party

Who is the federal member for Mayo?

Rebekha Carina Che Sharkie (born 24 August 1972) is an Australian politician and member of the Centre Alliance party. She is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Mayo in South Australia.