Given the question: Facts: - profession: trade unionist - residence: merewether , new south wales - party: australian labor party - spouse: stuart nelmes - education: university of newcastle - name: nuatali nelmes - birthname: nuatali josephine scobie - website: http://www.nuatalinelmes.com/ - nationality: australian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nuatali nelmes .
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nuatali josephine nelmes is an australian politician .she has been the labor lord mayor of newcastle since 15 november 2014 , when she was elected in a by-election .nelmes studied a business degree in industrial relations and marketing at the university of newcastle , and joined the labor party when she was 20 .she was elected to the city of newcastle council in 2008 , succeeding her father , long-serving labor councillor paul scobie .she was the labor candidate for lord mayor at the 2012 election , and was endorsed by former state mp jodi mckay .nelmes was an early front-runner , but was defeated by developer and conservative independent candidate jeff mccloy .she stood for the senate in the unwinnable fifth position on the labor ticket at the 2013 federal election , and nominated for preselection for the 2014 newcastle state by-election , losing to fellow councillor tim crakanthorp .she has also served as a member of the labor party 's national policy forum .in mid-2014 , mccloy resigned as lord mayor after becoming involved in a corruption investigation into illegal donations to mps in the region .nelmes was again the labor candidate at the resulting by-election , and was successful , receiving 42 % of the vote to closest rival and conservative independent brad luke 's 24 % .of note 20 % of the lga did not register formal votes .she had campaigned on opposition to the truncation of the newcastle railway line , support funding the newcastle art gallery expansion , campaigned against urban renewal in the inner city , and campaigned to overturn cost saving measures to council services that had occurred under mccloy .she has also supported a newcastle bid for the 2030 commonwealth games .nelmes is only the second female lord mayor of newcastle after popular 1970s-era mayor joy cummings .her victory also resulted in labor taking control of the local , state and federal political offices in newcastle for the first time since 1998 .