the Safe School Coalition Australia program in 2016. Personal life On 23 February 2013, Ellis married News Limited journalist David Penberthy, then the editor-in-chief of news.com.au and a columnist for several News Limited publications and previously the editor of Sydney's Daily Telegraph. Ellis gave birth to her first child in April 2015 and a second in July 2017. Ellis supports the Adelaide Football Club and was named as a club ambassador in 2009. In 2011, she joined tennis star Lleyton Hewitt as the club's number-one ticket holder, becoming the first woman so honoured. She is also a Club Ambassador for the SANFL team the Glenelg Tigers. Ellis's public image has been the subject of media attention since her entry into public life. In October 2008, she was voted Parliament's "sexiest" MP in a poll of federal MPs conducted by The Courier-Mail newspaper. In April 2010, she modelled a Karen Millen dress and Gucci high-heels for Grazia magazine. She agreed to do the shoot to raise awareness of the pressures on women related to body image, and to encourage fashion magazines to promote healthy attitudes toward weight and eating. On 9 March 2017, Ellis announced that she would step down from shadow cabinet as of the next reshuffle, and leave parliament at the 2019 federal election in order to spend more time with her young family. A week later, it was announced that she was in the early stages of her second pregnancy, and her second son was born in July 2017. In April 2021, her book, Sex, Lies and Question Time, was published by Hardie Grant. See also First Rudd Ministry First Gillard Ministry Second Gillard Ministry Second Rudd Ministry References External links KateEllis.com.au Official website Parliamentary Profile: Labor website Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Labor Right politicians Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Adelaide Members of the Australian House of Representatives Government ministers of Australia Women members of the Australian House of Representatives Flinders University alumni 1977 births Living people Women government ministers of Australia 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians