Jenny Macklin is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and has been the Member for Jagajaga since March 1996.
She served in the Shadow Ministry from 1996 to 2007, covering portfolios including Employment and Education, Health, Family and Community Services, Aged Care and the Status of Women, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2006.
Prior to entering Parliament she was director of two major strategic reviews on health and then urban development.
