Macklin, Jennifer (Jenny) (1953 - )

On 22 November 2001, Macklin was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition. She is Shadow Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Science and has been elected MHR (ALP) for the Federal seat of Jagajaga (Vic.) since 1996.

Macklin has been a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry since 19 March 1996. She was Shadow Minister for the Aged, Family and Community Services from 20 March 1996 to 27 March 1997, when she was appointed Shadow Minister for Social Security, the Aged and Family Services. On 26 August 1997 Macklin became Shadow Minister for Social Security and the Aged as well as Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition on the Status of Women. By 20 October 1998 she was Shadow Minister for Health and was also Shadow Minister for the Status of Women until 5 September 2000.

After completing a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) at Melbourne University, Macklin worked as a Researcher at the Australian National University from 1976-78 before being employed as an Economics Research Specialist, Legislative Research Service at the Parliamentary Library, Canberra 1978-81. She then worked at the Labor Resource Centre as a Research Coordinator from 1981-85 and until 1988 was Adviser to the Victorian Minister for Health, the Hon. D R White, MLC.

In 1990 Macklin became Director of the National Health Strategy and in 1993 Director of the Australian Urban and Regional Development Review.

Source: http://www.alp.org.au/people/people.html?seat=jagajaga accessed 21/12/2001

Online Resources

• Australian Parliament House, 'Ms Jenny Macklin MP, Member for Jagajaga', in Partiament of Australia, http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=PG6. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Labor Party, 'Jennifer (Jenny) Macklin, Member for Jagajaga', http://www.alp.org.au/people/people.html?seat=jagajaga. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]