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| birth_place = Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia| death_date = | death_place = Australian Labor Party>Labor| profession = PoliticianJohn Graham (Australian politician)>John Graham| footnotes = weblink}}|| primeminister = Anthony Albanese}}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 party's national president from 2011 to 2015.WEB, Jenny McAllister,weblink Labor People, Australian Labor Party, 25 November 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100820133313weblink">weblink 20 August 2010, She is from the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party.WEB,weblink Left-wing reformer elected ALP president, Paul, Osborne, 25 November 2011, The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media, In August 2018 she was appointed Shadow Assistant Minister for Families and Communities.AU PARLIAMENT, 121628, Senator Jenny McAllister, 2021-11-06,

Early life and education

McAllister was born in Murwillumbah, on the north coast of New South Wales. She attended the University of Queensland from 1992–1995, 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.WEB,weblink Panellist: Jenny McAllister, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 20 December 2018, WEB,weblink Jennifer McAllister – LinkedIn, 29 June 2013,weblink" title="archive.today/20130629185834weblink">weblink 29 June 2013, dead,

Professional career

{{BLP unreferenced section|date=March 2023}}McAllister has worked in both the public and private sectors. Between 2006 and 2010, she served as the Director of Climate Change, Air and Noise Policy within the New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. 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.

Political career

McAllister's first formal involvement with politics came in 1992, when she registered as a member of the Australian Labor Party. {{citation needed|date=November 2021}} In 2003, she co-founded the Labor Environment Activist Network with Kristina Keneally.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}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 was also 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.NEWS, Mark Butler named national president of Australian Labor Party,weblink ABC News, 17 June 2015, 22 May 2016, 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.NEWS, John Faulkner announces retirement,weblink 23 March 2015, Sky News, 11 Dec 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141220044213weblink">weblink 20 December 2014, NEWS, Labor elder John Faulkner resigns from Federal Parliament,weblink 23 March 2015, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 Dec 2014, NEWS, John Faulkner: Veteran Labor senator stepping aside for 'new generation', brings retirement forward to January,weblink 23 March 2015, ABC News, 11 Dec 2014, NEWS, Veteran Labor senator John Faulkner to retire early 2015,weblink 23 March 2015, The Australian, 11 Dec 2014, NEWS, Labor's John Faulkner announces his retirement from the Senate,weblink 23 March 2015, news.com.au, 11 Dec 2014, NEWS, Sharpe swings back into NSW parliament,weblink 6 May 2015, 9 News, 6 May 2015,

Personal life

McAllister lives in Redfern with her husband, John Graham—former assistant general secretary of the NSW branch of the Labor Party and member of the Legislative Council—and their two children.

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