as Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills and Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care. Following a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle in 2021, Kearney was appointed Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing. Kearney was re-elected at the 2022 federal election, and was subsequently appointed Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. In December 2022, she was appointed to chair the newly formed National Women’s Health Advisory Council which was established to look at ways of improving health outcomes for women and girls. References 1963 births Living people Australian nurses Trade unionists from Melbourne Australian women nurses Labor Left politicians Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Batman Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Cooper Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Women members of the Australian House of Representatives Monash University alumni Australian people of Irish descent