1. Jennifer Ryll McAllister was born on 21 February 1973 and is an Australian politician.
17 Facts About Jenny McAllister
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Jenny McAllister has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2015 and previously served as the Labour party's national president from 2011 to 2015.
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Jenny McAllister is from the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party.
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Jenny McAllister is the Minister for Emergency Management and the Minister for Cities in the Albanese ministry.
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Jenny McAllister was born in Murwillumbah, on the north coast of New South Wales.
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Jenny McAllister was a student at Kingscliff High School from which she achieved her HSC in 1991.
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Jenny McAllister 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.
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From 2002 to 2006 Jenny McAllister worked as an adviser to the Minister for Environment in the NSW Government.
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Jenny McAllister is a member of the ALP State Conference and the ALP Administrative Committee.
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Jenny McAllister was previously a member or delegate of the ALP National Policy Committee on Foreign Affairs, the ALP National Policy Committee.
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Jenny McAllister has been the director of several election campaigns.
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Jenny McAllister was the co-founder of the Labor Environmental Activist Network.
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Jenny McAllister was the Labor candidate for the seat of Richmond in the 2001 federal election.
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On 25 November 2011, Jenny 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.
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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.
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On 6 May 2015, Jenny McAllister was elected by a joint sitting of the NSW Parliament to fill the vacancy.
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Jenny McAllister owns a property with her husband in Wentworth Falls in NSW, which is managed for the purposes of environment conservation and recreation.