Jenny McAllister
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jenny McAllister
| honorific-prefix = Senator the Honourable
| image = File:Jenny McAllister.jpg
| nationality = Australian
| office = Minister for Emergency Management
| primeminister = Anthony Albanese
| term_start = 29 July 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Murray Watt
| successor =
| office2 = Minister for Cities
| primeminister2 = Anthony Albanese
| term_start2 = 29 July 2024
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Paul Fletcher
| successor2 =
| office3 = Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy
| term_start3 = 1 June 2022
| term_end3 = 28 July 2024
| predecessor3 = Tim Wilson (as Assistant Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction)
| successor3 = Josh Wilson
| office4 = Senator for New South Wales
| term_start4 = 6 May 2015
| term_end4 =
| predecessor4 = John Faulkner
| successor4 =
| office5 = 23rd National President of the Labor Party
| term_start5 = 1 July 2011
| term_end5 = 17 June 2015
| deputy5 = Tony Sheldon
| predecessor5 = Anna Bligh
| successor5 = Mark Butler
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|2|21}}
| birth_place = Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Labor
| profession = Politician
| spouse = John Graham
| footnotes =
| website = {{URL|https://www.jennymcallister.com.au/}}|
}}
Jennifer Ryll McAllister (born 21 February 1973) is an Australian politician. She has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2015 and previously served as the Labour party's national president from 2011 to 2015.{{cite web|title=Jenny McAllister |url=http://www.alp.org.au/federal-government/labor-people/jenny-mcallister/ |work=Labor People |publisher=Australian Labor Party |access-date=25 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820133313/http://www.alp.org.au/federal-government/labor-people/jenny-mcallister/ |archive-date=20 August 2010 }} She is from the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party.{{cite web|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/left-wing-reformer-elected-alp-president-20111125-1nykq.html|title=Left-wing reformer elected ALP president|first=Paul|last=Osborne|date=25 November 2011|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media}} She is the Minister for Emergency Management and the Minister for Cities in the Albanese ministry.
Early life and education
McAllister was born in Murwillumbah, on the north coast of New South Wales. She was a student at Kingscliff High School from which she achieved her HSC in 1991. She attended the University of Queensland from 1992 to 1995, majoring in politics and government, and the University of Sydney, from which she graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts with first-class honours, majoring in political economy, politics and government.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s3424243.htm|title=Panellist: Jenny McAllister|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 December 2018 }}{{Cite web |url=http://au.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-mcallister/29/499/960 |title=Jennifer McAllister – LinkedIn |access-date=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629185834/http://au.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-mcallister/29/499/960 |archive-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Professional career
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From 2002 to 2006 McAllister worked as an adviser to the Minister for Environment in the NSW Government. Between 2006 and 2010 she worked as a public servant in the NSW State Government. She subsequently joined AECOM Australia Pty Ltd as Strategic Advisor Water and Climate (2010–2013), progressing to Technical Director – Infrastructure Advisory (2013–2014) and was managing director, Water and Urban Development (2014–2015) and a member of AECOM's ANZ executive when she resigned to join the Senate.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Political career
McAllister is a member of the ALP State Conference (NSW) (1999–present) and the ALP Administrative Committee (NSW) (2000–present). She was previously a member or delegate of the ALP National Policy Committee on Foreign Affairs (1998–2000), the ALP National Policy Committee (2006–2007). She has been the director of several election campaigns.{{Cite web |title=About Jenny |url=https://www.jennymcallister.com.au/about |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Senator Jenny McAllister}}
McAllister was the co-founder of the Labor Environmental Activist Network (known as LEAN).{{Cite web |title=Senator Jenny McAllister – Labor Senator for NSW |url=https://www.alp.org.au/jenny_mcallister |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.alp.org.au |language=en}}
McAllister was the Labor candidate for the seat of Richmond in the 2001 federal election.
On 25 November 2011, McAllister was elected as National President of the ALP, serving until the conclusion of her term at the 2015 Australian Labor Party National Conference, where she was replaced by Mark Butler.{{cite news|title=Mark Butler named national president of Australian Labor Party|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-17/mark-butler-named-new-national-president-of-labor-party/6553702|website=ABC News|date=17 June 2015 |access-date=22 May 2016}}
=Opposition (2015–2022)=
In July 2014, Jenny McAllister was selected to run on the Labor senate ticket at the 2016 election in the number two position, replacing John Faulkner, and considered a winnable spot. However, on 6 February 2015, John Faulkner resigned from the Senate, creating a casual vacancy. On 6 May 2015, McAllister was elected by a joint sitting of the NSW Parliament to fill the vacancy.{{cite news|title=John Faulkner announces retirement |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/12/11/john-faulkner-announces-retirement.html |access-date=23 March 2015 |publisher=Sky News |date=11 Dec 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220044213/http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/12/11/john-faulkner-announces-retirement.html |archive-date=20 December 2014 }}{{cite news|title=Labor elder John Faulkner resigns from Federal Parliament|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-elder-john-faulkner-resigns-from-federal-parliament-20141211-124q9m.html|access-date=23 March 2015|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 Dec 2014}}{{cite news|title=John Faulkner: Veteran Labor senator stepping aside for 'new generation', brings retirement forward to January|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-11/john-faulkner-brings-forward-his-retirement-from-parliament/5959844|access-date=23 March 2015|publisher=ABC News|date=11 Dec 2014}}{{cite news|title=Veteran Labor senator John Faulkner to retire early 2015|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/politics-news/veteran-labor-senator-john-faulkner-to-retire-early-2015/story-fn59nqld-1227152233364|access-date=23 March 2015|publisher=The Australian|date=11 Dec 2014}}{{cite news|title=Labor's John Faulkner announces his retirement from the Senate|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/labors-john-faulkner-announces-his-retirement-from-the-senate/story-fncynjr2-1227152238304|access-date=23 March 2015|publisher=news.com.au|date=11 Dec 2014}}{{cite news|title=Sharpe swings back into NSW parliament|url=http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/05/06/15/25/sharpe-swings-back-into-nsw-parliament|access-date=6 May 2015|publisher=9 News|date=6 May 2015}}
In August 2018 she was appointed Shadow Assistant Minister for Families and Communities.{{cite Au Parliament |mpid=121628 |name=Senator Jenny McAllister |access-date=2021-11-06}} On 30 August 2016 to 21 August 2018 she was Opposition Deputy Whip in the Senate. From 2 June 2019 to 23 May 2022 she served as Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet.
=Albanese government (2022–present)=
Following the 2022 federal election, on 1 June 2022 McAllister was appointed the Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-01/federal-election-live-labor-anthony-albanese/101115548|title=Federal election live: New Labor ministry sworn in as vote counting winds down|work=ABC News|date=1 June 2022|author=Shiloh Payne}} In the July 2024 reshuffle, she was appointed Minister for Emergency Management and made the Minister for Cities in a re-created role last held in May 2022.{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Cait |title=Albanese announces ministry reshuffle in pre-election reset as Giles loses immigration |work=Guardian Australia |date=28 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/28/man-shot-dead-in-sydney-chris-minns-no-grounds-evictions-renters-nsw-vic-albanese-cabinet-reshuffle-olympics-qld-labor-coaliton-politics-ntwnfb}}
Personal life
McAllister is married to John Graham—former assistant general secretary of the NSW branch of the Labor Party and member of the Legislative Council. She has two children. She lives with her family in Alexandria in NSW.{{Cite web |title=Jenny McAllister's private interests |url=https://openpolitics.au/47/jenny-mcallister |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=openpolitics.au |language=en}}
McAllister owns an investment property in Redfern in NSW.
She also owns a property with her husband in Wentworth Falls in NSW, which is managed for the purposes of environment conservation and recreation.
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