Senator the Hon Kristina Keneally is Senator for New South Wales, Deputy Labor Leader in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.

A Member of the Parliament of New South Wales from 2003–12, Kristina is the 42nd Premier of New South Wales (2009–11) and the first woman to hold the office.

In 2014 she joined Sky News Australia, where she co-hosted the daily lunchtime show “To the Point” and was a regular contributor to Sky’s coverage of major events such as the USA election. She was part of the Sky News team that won a Walkley Award and a Logie for its live coverage of the Australian federal election in 2016.

In addition to her Sky News duties, Kristina also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, where she directed the Women in the MBA (WiMBA) program.

In 2015 Kristina was appointed by the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition as a Member of the Referendum Council, to advise on progress and next steps towards a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution.

In February 2018 Kristina was endorsed by the Australian Labor Party and elected by the NSW Parliament to fill a casual vacancy in the Australian Senate. She was subsequently appointed Deputy Labor Leader in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship by Labor Leader Anthony Albanese in June 2019.

Ms Keneally has served on a range of benevolent boards and charities including her role as the Chairman South Cares, the charitable arm of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Previously she served as a Board Member of The McKell Institute and as a Board Director of The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. She was an Ambassador of both Opportunity International Australia and The John Berne School. Ms Keneally is the former Patron of Stillbirth Foundation Australia.