Jacinta Collins has represented Victoria in the Commonwealth Senate for over a decade. She was chosen for the Senate by the Victorian Parliament in 1995 and since then has been elected to the Senate in 1998 and re-elected in 2007.
Prior to entering parliament, Senator Collins held a number of positions in the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association. This included five years as the union’s National Industrial Officer.
During her time in Parliament, Senator Collins has been a member of numerous Senate Committees. This has included being chair of the Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee, chair of the Economics References Committee, a member of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee and deputy chair of the Privileges Committee.
Senator Collins was also a member of the Senate Select Committee into “A Certain Maritime Incident” which reported in 2002.
Senator Collins was the Opposition spokesperson in the Senate on workplace relations for several years, firstly as Parliamentary Secretary representing the Shadow Ministers for Industrial Relations and Employment, Training and Population from October 1998 to November 2001.
From June 2003 to October 2004, Senator Collins was the Shadow Minister for Children and Youth. In this capacity, Senator Collins promoted a number of policies that have since been implemented by the Federal Labor Government.
Jacinta Collins is the Duty Senator for Dunkley, Goldstein and Higgins.
Electorate Profile
Goldstein
State:
VIC
Name Derivation:
Named after Vida Goldstein 1869-1949, suffragist and feminist.
Area and Location Description:
Goldstein covers an area of approximately 49 sq km from Brighton in the north to Beaumaris in the south and is bordered by Port Phillip Bay to the west. The main suburbs include Beaumaris, Bentleigh (part), Brighton East, Black Rock, Carnegie (part), Caulfield South (part), Cheltenham (part), Glen Huntly (part), Hampton, Hampton East, Highett (part), Ormond (part) and Sandringham.
Products/Industries of the Area:
Mainly residential but also contains some light industrial and commercial activities
First Proclaimed/Election:
1984
Demographic Rating:
Inner Metropolitan
Members:
- Robb, A (LP) 2004-
- Kemp, D (LP) 1990-2004
- Macphee, I M (LP) 1984-1990
Higgins
State:
VIC
Name Derivation:
Named after Henry Higgins 1851-1929, Member of the House of Representatives 1901-06, Justice of the High Court 1906-29 and President of the new Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court 1907-21.
Area and Location Description:
Higgins covers an area of approximately 39 sq km from Hughesdale in the south east, South Yarra and Toorak in the north west, Windsor in the south west, Camberwell in the north east, and Ashburton and Glen Iris in the east. The main suburbs include Armadale, Ashburton, Kooyong, Malvern, Malvern East, Prahran and Toorak along with parts of Camberwell, Carnegie, Glen Iris, Hughesdale, Murrumbeena, South Yarra and Windsor.
Products/Industries of the Area:
The division is mainly residential, with retail and commercial interests in a number of suburbs.
First Proclaimed/Election:
1948/1949
Demographic Rating:
Inner Metropolitan
Members:
- O'Dwyer, K (LP) 2009-
- Costello, P (LP) 1990-2009
- Shipton, R F (LP) 1975-1990
- Gorton, J G (LP/IND) 1968-1975
- Holt, H E (LP) 1949-1967