Maxine McKew was an award-winning broadcast journalist, who the seat of Bennelong at the 2007 federal election, defeating John Howard and becoming only the second candidate to have beaten an Australian prime minister in his constituency seat. In government, Maxine McKew was Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. On losing her…

The Hon. Maxine McKew MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care, addressed The Sydney Institute on 7 April 2009. Before being elected to Federal Parliament, in 2007, Maxine McKew was a prominent broadcast and print journalist for 30 years. She began her address by outlining her successful campaign for Bennelong, which ousted…