Jenny Macklin
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The Honourable Jenny Macklin MP |
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| Minister for Disability Reform | |
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In office 14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Mal Brough |
| Succeeded by |
Kevin Andrews as Minister for Social Services Nigel Scullion as Minister for Indigenous Affairs |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 11 November 2001 – 4 December 2006 |
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| Leader |
Simon Crean Mark Latham Kim Beazley |
| Preceded by | Simon Crean |
| Succeeded by | Julia Gillard |
| Deputy Leader of the Labor Party | |
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In office 11 November 2001 – 4 December 2006 |
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| Leader |
Simon Crean Mark Latham Kim Beazley |
| Preceded by | Simon Crean |
| Succeeded by | Julia Gillard |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Jagajaga | |
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Assumed office 2 March 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Staples |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jennifer Louise Macklin 29 December 1953 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Domestic partner | Ross Turner |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia |
| Website | [1] |
Jennifer Louise "Jenny" Macklin (born 29 December 1953) is an Australian politician, the federal Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services. She was Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from 3 December 2007 until 18 September 2013. She served in the Ministries of both Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. She was previously Deputy Leader of the Labor Party, serving from 2001 until 2006. She has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Jagajaga, Victoria.
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, she was raised in Cohuna and Wangaratta in regional Victoria. She spent time in Japan as a student before graduating from the University of Melbourne with an honours degree in economics.
Macklin was a researcher at the Australian National University in 1976–78, an economics research specialist with the Parliamentary Library in Canberra 1978–81, Research Coordinator at the Labour Resource Centre in Melbourne 1981–85, an adviser to the Victorian Minister for Health 1985–88, director of the federal government's National Health Strategy 1990–93 and director of the Australian Urban and Regional Development Review 1993–95.
On her election to Parliament as a member of the Australian Labor Party, Macklin was immediately elected a member of the Opposition Shadow Cabinet, where she served in a number of roles, including Shadow Minister for Aged Care, Social Security and the Status of Women. After the 1998 election, Macklin became Shadow Minister for Health. She is a member of the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party.
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