Parliamentary Service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Throsby, New South Wales, 2001, 2004 and 2007.

Committee Service

• 2008: Elected Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts.
• Houseof Representatives Standing Committee Environment and Heritage from 20.3.02.
• Family and Community Services from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04.
• Family and Human Services from 2.12.04.

Parliamentary Party Positions

• Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Heritage from 26.10.04 to 24.11.07
• Party Positions
• Delegate, ALP State and Federal Conferences.

Qualifications before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (Syd), DipEd (Sydney Teachers College).
• Secondary school teacher.
• General Secretary, NSW Teachers' Federation 1980-82.
• First woman elected Vice President ACTU 1987.
• President, NSW Teachers' Federation 1986-89.
• Assistant National Director, Trade Union Training Authority 1989-91.
• Assistant Secretary, ACTU 1991-1996.
• President, Australia Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), 1996-March 2000.
• Board Member, Delta Electricity 2000-2001.

Click Here for Jennies First Speech 13/2/2002

Honorary Recognitions

• Recognised as being one of the "100 Australian Living Treasures" - 1998
• Life Member NSW Teachers' Federation

Personal

• Born 20.8.1947, Trani, Italy.