Jacinta Collins

Jacinta Collins
Collins in March 2019
Senator for Victoria
In office
8 May 2008 – 15 February 2019
Preceded byRobert Ray
Succeeded byRaff Ciccone
In office
3 May 1995 – 30 June 2005
Preceded byOlive Zakharov
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
In office
1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byMark Butler
Succeeded byKevin Andrews
Manager of Government Business in the Senate
In office
5 March 2012 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byJoe Ludwig
Succeeded byMitch Fifield
Personal details
Born
Jacinta Mary Ann Collins

(1962-09-04) 4 September 1962 (age 62)
Altona, Victoria, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Alma materMonash University
La Trobe University
OccupationResearch officer

Jacinta Mary Ann Collins (born 4 September 1962) is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 1995 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2019. She represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was the party's deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2013. Collins was a parliamentary secretary in the Gillard government and Minister for Mental Health and Ageing in the second Rudd government. She retired from politics prior to the 2019 federal election and accepted an appointment as national executive director of the National Catholic Education Commission on 18 February 2019.[1]

  1. ^ "Jacinta Collins Appointed Executive Director".