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Yasmin Maree Catley is an Australian politician who is the
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Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism and Minister for the Hunter since 2023. She was elected to the
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as the member for
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for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election. Formerly a librarian with the Lake Macquarie City Council, she has worked in the offices of Federal Labor MPs Greg Combet and
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. She is married to Robert Coombs who himself served as the member for Swansea from 2007 to 2011. Catley succeeded Peter Primrose as Shadow Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation in the shadow ministry of
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in March 2016. From June 2019 to May 2021, Catley was Deputy Leader of the ALP and hence Deputy Leader of the Opposition. She also served as Shadow Minister for Building Reform and Property and Shadow Minister for Rural and Regional Jobs. Catley resigned as deputy leader on 28 May 2021 along with leader
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. She was subsequently appointed as Shadow Minister for Customer Service, Digital and the Hunter in the shadow ministry led by
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. After the
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, Labor formed a minority government and Catley was appointed as Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism. She was also appointed as Minister for the Hunter in August 2023 following the resignation of Tim Crakanthorp. Catley supports NSW Police continuing to
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young people, saying that it "is really important that they have the capacity to be able to do that".


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