Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Member for Jagajaga and Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, was elected to Federal Parliament in 1996.

She served as a Shadow Minister until the 2007 election and as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2001 – 2006. She has an honours degree in commerce from Melbourne University and prior to entering Federal Parliament worked in research roles with the Australian National University, the Legislative Research Service and the Labor Research Centre. She was also former Director for the National Health Strategy and the Australian Urban Regional Development Review.

Jenny Macklin speaks enthusiastically about her time in Japan as a Rotary Youth Exchange student and is keen to encourage young Australians to share the experience