Jenny Macklin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jenny Macklin
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 29, 1953(1953-12-29)
Age	71
Birthplace	Brisbane
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jenny Macklin Biography

Jenny Macklin is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 29, 1953 in Brisbane, Australia. Jennifer Louise Macklin (born 29 December 1953) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 until 2019, representing the Division of Jagajaga for the Labor Party. She was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments from 2007 to 2013, having previously been her party’s deputy leader from 2001 to 2006.

On 1 December 2006, Macklin’s position as deputy leader of the ALP came under threat after Kim Beazley called for a spill of all the leadership positions, in a bid to end growing speculation over the issue. Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kevin Rudd, and Shadow Minister for Health, Julia Gillard, announced their intentions to run against Beazley and Macklin as a team for the positions of leader and deputy leader respectively of the party. On the day of the ballot, Macklin effectively stepped down from the position, choosing not to contest the deputy leadership after Kevin Rudd was elected as the new party leader. Macklin was once again elected to the Shadow frontbench, and was appointed Shadow Minister for Families and Community Services and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation. She maintained these portfolios in government after Labor’s victory in the 2007 election.

Indigenous Affairs Macklin was Minister for Indigenous Affairs throughout the Labor Government’s two terms in office. Macklin was instrumental in the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in February 2008 and the implementation of the Close the Gap Framework, the first comprehensive strategy for tackling Indigenous disadvantage in Australia’s history. This strategy saw record investment in health, education, housing, early childhood development and remote Indigenous service provision.

Apology to Forgotten Australians Macklin was also the steward for the National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants, in her capacity as Families Minister. Former Prime Minister Rudd gave the Apology on 16 November 2009 on behalf of the Australian Government to over half a million children who were taken from their families and placed in institutions where they were often victims of abuse. Macklin said the apology demonstrated ‘the shared resolve to make sure the abuse and neglect never happens again’.

After the ALP’s defeat at the 2001 election, Macklin was elected unopposed as deputy leader to Simon Crean. She was the first woman to hold a leadership position in either Australian major party. She took on the position of Shadow Minister for Education. Macklin remained Deputy Leader after Crean’s replacement as leader by Mark Latham in December 2003, and also under Kim Beazley following Latham’s resignation in January 2005. Macklin became the first person to be deputy to three leaders of the ALP since Frank Forde.

Jenny Macklin Net Worth

Jenny Macklin is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jenny Macklin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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 1981–1985, 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 1993–1995. She was a member of a Canberra discussion group, the Red Fems, which presented a paper to the Women and Labour Conference in 1980.

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.

Minister In 2007, Macklin became the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. In this capacity she oversaw the passage and implementation of Australia’s first national Paid Parental Leave Scheme, the Closing the Gap framework to address the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, a historic rise in the pensions and a number of other significant changes to social policy and family support payments.

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Dad and Partner Pay The introduction of Dad and Partner Pay (DAPP) on 1 January 2013, established two weeks paid leave to fathers and partners to help them take time off work to support new mothers in their caring role and be involved in the care of their newborn baby. This was another social policy reform that Macklin spearheaded during her time as Minister. An independent report conducted by the University of Queensland in 2014 found that DAPP reduced the barriers to fathers taking leave following a birth.

Facts & Trivia

Jenny Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Jenny Macklin celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

An independent review of the scheme in 2014 found that more than 75 per cent of parents accessing paid parental leave were on incomes of less than $70,000 a year. In the 2015 Budget the Abbott Government announced a measure to end so called ‘double dipping’ of paid parental leave by restricting 80,000 new parents from accessing both employer and government paid parental leave schemes. The use of the term provoked widespread condemnation from women’s groups and some employers. Macklin led Labor’s opposition to the Liberal Government’s cuts to paid parental leave, which have failed to pass the Parliament.

Top Facts about Jenny Macklin

1. Jenny Macklin is an Australian politician and former MP.
2. She served as Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
3. Macklin was instrumental in the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
4. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party for over 30 years.
5. Macklin retired from politics in 2019 after serving as an MP for 22 years.
6. During her time in parliament, she held various ministerial positions including Deputy Leader of the Opposition.
7. Macklin was born on December 29th, 1953 in Melbourne, Australia.
8. She studied at the University of Melbourne and worked as a social worker before entering politics.
9. In 2008, she became the first woman to hold the position of Deputy Prime Minister on an acting basis.
10. Throughout her career, Macklin advocated for social justice issues such as gender equality and indigenous rights.