Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister

Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister

Senator for NSW

Positions
Minister for Emergency Management
Minister for Cities
Party
Australian Labor Party
Chamber
Senate

Seating Plan

Seating map

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

Suite 501, Level 5
54-66 Wentworth Avenue
Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Telephone:
(02) 9719 8100
Fax:
(02) 9719 8078
Local Call*:
1300 301 752

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Parliament Office

PO Box 6100
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 7290

Biography

Parliamentary service
  • Chosen by the Parliament of New South Wales on 6.5.2015 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent the State in the Senate, vice the Hon. J Faulkner (resigned). Re-elected 2016 and 2022.
Ministerial appointments
  • Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy from 1.6.2022 to 29.7.2024.
  • Minister for Emergency Management from 29.7.2024.
  • Minister for Cities from 29.7.2024.
Committee service
  • Joint Standing: Treaties served from 15.9.2016 to 1.7.2019
  • Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 12.11.2015 to 9.5.2016; Public Accounts and Audit served from 15.9.2016 to 1.7.2019; Intelligence and Security served from 2.7.2019 to 18.10.2021; Intelligence and Security served as Deputy Chair from 19.10.2021 to 11.4.2022
  • Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics: References served from 14.5.2015 to 9.5.2016; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 12.11.2015 to 9.5.2016; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 12.11.2015 to 15.11.2015; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Chair from 16.11.2015 to 9.5.2016; Environment and Communications: Legislation served as Substitute member from 16.3.2016 to 5.5.2016; Economics: Legislation served from 1.9.2016 to 1.7.2019; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Chair from 1.9.2016 to 12.9.2016; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 1.9.2016 to 11.9.2016; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 1.9.2016 to 1.7.2019; Economics: References served from 1.9.2016 to 1.6.2022; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Deputy Chair from 12.9.2016 to 1.7.2019; Economics: Legislation served from 2.7.2019 to 16.3.2021; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Chair from 4.7.2019 to 6.2.2020; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served as Deputy Chair from 4.7.2019 to 5.2.2020; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served as Substitute member from 16.6.2021 to 1.6.2022
  • Senate Select: National Broadband Network served from 13.5.2015 to 13.5.2015; National Broadband Network served as Chair from 14.5.2015 to 12.11.2015; Health served from 14.5.2015 to 5.5.2016; Murray-Darling Basin Plan served from 11.8.2015 to 17.3.2016; Resilience of Electricity Infrastructure in a Warming World served from 10.11.2016 to 7.4.2017; Fair Dinkum Power served from 5.12.2018 to 28.6.2019; Foreign Interference through Social Media served from 5.12.2019 to 9.12.2019; Foreign Interference through Social Media served as Chair from 10.12.2019 to 21.4.2022
  • Senate Standing: Appropriations, Staffing and Security served from 28.7.2022 to present
Parliamentary party positions
  • Australian Labor Party. Served: 06.05.2015 to present
  • Shadow Assistant Minister for Families and Communities from 21.8.2018 to 2.6.2019.
  • Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet from 2.6.2019 to 23.5.2022.
  • Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 2.6.2019 to 23.5.2022.
  • Shadow Assistant Minister for Communities and the Prevention of Family Violence from 11.8.2020 to 23.5.2022.
  • Opposition Deputy Whip in the Senate from 30.8.2016 to 21.8.2018.
Party positions
  • President of the Federal Australian Labor Party from 2011 to 2015.
Personal
  • Born: 4.7.1973, Murwillumbah, Australia
  • Gender: Female
  • Marital Status: Married
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
  • BA(Hons) (University of Sydney).
  • Adviser to the Minister for Environment (NSW) from 2002 to 2006.
  • Public Servant (NSW) from 2006 to 2010.
  • Director at AECOM from 2010 to 2015.

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