predecessor birth_place title nationality party birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
belinda neal sydney senator for new south wales australian australian labor party 22 april 1956 14 october 1998 1 -rrb- diane beamer 2 -rrb- natalie sykes steve hutchins
 30 june 2011 steve hutchins union official university of sydney harvard university
steve hutchins

stephen patrick hutchins -lrb- born 22 april 1956 -rrb- , australian politician , is a former member of the australian senate for the state of new south wales between october 1998 and june 2011 , representing the australian labor party .
hutchins was born in sydney .
he worked as a forklift driver and waste collector before attending the university of sydney , where he graduated in arts , and then harvard university , where he was part of the university 's trade union education programme .
he was an official with the transport workers ' union from 1980 and was federal president of the union from 1993 to 1998 .
he was a member of the australian council of trade unions executive from 1996 to 1998 .
his first marriage was to nsw state member for mulgoa , diane beamer .
his second marriage was to natalie sykes .
