Matt Thistlethwaite Height, Weight, Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Wikipedia, Who, Instagram, Biography
John Parsons
Published Jan 10, 2026
Matt Thistlethwaite is an Australian government official. He has been an Australian Work Party individual from the Australian Place of Delegates starting around 2013, addressing the electorate of Kingsford Smith. He was previously an individual from the Australian Senate from 2011 to 2013. Since 1 June 2022, Thistlethwaite has filled in as Partner Clergyman for Guard, Veterans’ Undertakings and the Republic in the M inistry of Anthony Albanese.
Thistlethwaite recently filled in as Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Issues and Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Undertakings in the Gillard government from Spring to July 2013, and as Parliamentary Secretary for Framework and Transport in the Rudd government from July to September 2013. Prior to joining Parliament, he was the overall secretary of the New South Grains part of the Australian Work Party.
Matthew James Thistlethwaite was born on September 6, 1972 (age 50 years) in Sydney, Australia. He is the child of Australian guardians and experienced childhood in the suburb of Maroubra. He moved on from the College of New South Ridges with a Single guy of Financial matters and furthermore holds confirmations in regulation and legitimate practice from the College of Innovation, Sydney. He was the primary individual from his family to go to college.
Matt Thistlethwaite started working in 1995 at the Australian Specialists Association as a modern official. In 2001 he was chosen as a state VP of the association. He joined the Snow capped mountain at 22 years old and was leader of NSW Youthful Work from 1997 to 1998.
Thistlethwaite was chosen appointee colleague secretary of Associations NSW in 2004. In this job, he addressed specialists in open area endeavor arrangement exchanges and in the NSW Modern Relations Commission. He was an organizer of the Your Freedoms at Work crusade in New South Ribs against the Howard Government’s WorkChoices regulations.
He is a previous overseer of the State Travel Authority of NSW and the NSW Assembling Gathering. He was an individual from the Dashing Business Members Warning Gathering and a chief individual from the NSW Racers Affiliation.
He was chosen general secretary of NSW Work from 2008 to 2010. During his experience as NSW Snow capped mountain secretary Thistlethwaite supported Frank Sartor’s fruitless nomination to supplant Head Nathan Rees and Rees was rather supplanted by Kristina Keneally. Prior to entering Parliament, Thistlethwaite functioned as a senior specialist with the law office Mallesons Stephen Jaques.
Matt Thistlethwaite tried to turn into the embraced Work possibility for the Place of Delegates seat of Kingsford Smith in Sydney’s eastern rural areas, for the 2004 political race. In any case, Peter Garrett was picked by the then Work pioneer Mark Latham.
Thistlethwaite was embraced for a seat in the Senate, addressing New South Grains, at the 2010 political decision. He was fruitful, and his term started on 1 July 2011. On 18 July 2011 he gave his most memorable discourse in the Senate. Not long after his term started, Thistlethwaite was selected to serve on five Parliamentary Boards.
In August 2012, Thistlethwaite became Seat of the Senate Select Board of trustees on Power Costs. Following the declaration by Peter Garrett that he wouldn’t recontest the seat of Kingsford Smith at the following government political race, Thistlethwaite reported on 2 July 2013 that he would again look for Work preselection; and acquired underwriting on 20 July 2013, overcoming Tony Bowen, the city chairman of Randwick and child of previous Kingsford Smith MP Lionel Bowen.
Thistlethwaite was chosen as an individual from Kingsford-Smith at the political race hung on 7 September 2013. Thistlethwaite was one of three individuals to have moved from the Senate to the Place of Agents at this political decision (the others were his High mountain partner David Feeney in Batman and previous Nationals Senate pioneer Barnaby Joyce in New Britain).
In 2017 the Australian Work Party reported a public decision on the republic during the initial term of a future Work government, and designated Matt Thistlethwaite as the first ‘Shadow Right hand Pastor for an Australian Head of State’.
Thistlethwaite is a senior figure in the Work Right group and stands as the current convenor of the NSW branch. In 2020, he was chosen to supplant Joel Fitzgibbon as the convenor inside the Snow capped mountain. That’s what the Australian revealed “by turning into the NSW factional chief, Thistlethwaite true takes the title of public Right convener”.
In 2022 he was named Collaborator Clergyman for Protection, Partner Pastor for Veterans’ Undertakings, and Aide Priest for the Republic in the Albanese service. Thistlethwaite filled in as the leader of the Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club for a very long time.
Matt Thistlethwaite is joyfully hitched to his better half Rachel Thistlethwaite, they had their wedding in Australia. His better half is a confidential individual and they have four kids together. As of April 2023, Matt and his better half Rachel dwell in Matraville with their four girls Amelie, Scarlett, and twins Eliza and Camilla.
How much is Matt Thistlethwaite worth? Matt Thistlethwaite total assets is assessed at around $5 million. His principal kind of revenue is from his essential work as a lawmaker. Matt Thistlethwaite’s compensation each month and other vocation income are more than $380,000 dollars yearly. His remarkable accomplishments have acquired him a few lavish ways of life and some extravagant vehicle trips. He is one of the most extravagant and most persuasive lawmakers in Australia. Matt Thistlethwaite remains at an engaging level of 1.75m and has a decent body weight which suits his character.Twitter account.