The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Jagajaga, Victoria, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

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Ministerial appointments

• Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from 3.12.07 to 14.12.11.
• Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from 14.12.11.
• Minister for Disability Reform from 14.12.11.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Family and Community Affairs from 29.5.96 to 31.8.98.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Official visits to China, February-March 2003; Japan, France and UK, March-April 2003; UK, Germany, Sweden and Denmark, April-May 2006; France, April-May 2011; USA, October 2011; Canada, June 2012.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 19.3.96 to 3.12.07. Shadow Minister for the Aged, Family and Community Services from 20.3.96 to 27.3.97; Shadow Minister for Social Security, the Aged and Family Services from 27.3.97 to 26.8.97; Shadow Minister for Social Security and the Aged and Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition on the Status of Women from 26.8.97 to 20.10.98; Shadow Minister for Health from 20.10.98 to 25.11.01; Shadow Minister for Status of Women from 20.10.98 to 5.9.00; Shadow Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Science from 25.11.01 to 2.7.03; Shadow Minister for Employment, Education and Training from 2.7.03; and Status of Women from 6.12.02 to 18.2.03; Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Science and Research from 26.10.04 to 10.12.06; Shadow Minister for Families and Community Services and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07.
• Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party from 22.11.01 to 4.12.06.

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Party positions

• Member, ALP Manufacturing Industry Policy Committee (Vic) 1981-85.
• Delegate, ALP State Conference (Vic) from 1995.
• Delegate, ALP National Conference from 1998.
• Member, ALP National Executive 1998-2001.
• Senior Vice-President, ALP 2000-03.

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Personal

• Born 29.12.1953 at Brisbane, Qld.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BComm (Hons) (Melb).
• Researcher, Australian National University 1976-78.
• Economics Research Specialist, Legislative Research Service, Parliamentary Library, Canberra 1978-81.
• Research Coordinator, Labor Resource Centre 1981-85.
• Adviser to the Victorian Minister for Health, the Hon. DR White, MLC 1985-88.
• Director, National Health Strategy 1990-93.
• Director, Australian Urban and Regional Development Review 1993-95.

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Electorate

• Description: outer metropolitan.
  Location: northern outskirts of Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Bundoora, Eltham, Greensborough, Heidelberg, Heidelberg West, Ivanhoe, Macleod, Montmorency, Research, Rosanna, View Bank, Warrandyte North, Watsonia and Yallambie.
  Area: 87 sq km (approx.).
  Electors enrolled: 95 202 (at 21.8.10).
  Industries: light industrial, Simpson Army Barracks and Austin Hospital.
  State electorates: Jagajaga includes parts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Bundoora, Eltham, Ivanhoe and Yan Yean.
  

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