{"id":2108,"date":"2023-03-13T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mckinnonprize.org.au\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2023-07-10T12:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T02:10:29","slug":"penny-wong-and-helen-haines-win-political-leadership-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mckinnonprize.org.au\/2023\/03\/13\/penny-wong-and-helen-haines-win-political-leadership-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Penny Wong and Helen Haines win political leadership prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/link\/follow-20180101-p5bydm\">Foreign Minister Penny Wong<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/link\/follow-20180101-p5avv3\">independent MP Helen Haines<\/a>\u00a0have been named as winners of a prestigious prize for political leadership, recognised for improving Australia\u2019s standing at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Wong will receive the 2022 McKinnon Prize for political leader of the year, a collaboration between the Susan McKinnon Foundation and the University of Melbourne. The award was judged by a panel including businesswoman Catherine Livingstone, former minister Kelly O\u2019Dwyer and public servant Martin Parkinson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_1YPgH\">\n<div class=\"tl7wu\">\n<p>Dr Haines, the MP for Indi, won the emerging political leader of the year prize for her community-driven approach to politics.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Wong who has been foreign minister since May last year, was praised for her work to rebuild Australia\u2019s diplomatic relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The judges observed a shift in tone of Australia\u2019s regional engagement, including from Senator Wong\u2019s regular travel to the Pacific and her work to restart bilateral relations with China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"_3JfHJ\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"ZAfSI\">\n<div class=\"adWrapper _3XglG Hqxcp adSize-970x250 ad\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"adspot-970x250_728x90-pos2-desktop\" class=\"\" data-google-query-id=\"CPri6qTN1_0CFVOKZgIdlrkEwg\">\n<p>\u201cThe Albanese government faces the world as it is, and we seek to shape it for the better,\u201d Senator Wong said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs foreign minister, this means using all elements of our power \u2013 strategic, economic, social and diplomatic \u2013 to advance our interests and values. I\u2019ve placed a priority on re-engaging with our region and renewing our relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Victorian premier John Brumby, a member of the selection panel, said Senator Wong had changed the tone of Australia\u2019s international dialogues and relationships.<\/p>\n<p>She is the only person to win the prize twice, after receiving it in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPenny Wong is a true statesperson and has consistently represented Australia\u2019s best interests through her calm yet commanding diplomacy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>She beat a shortlist including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Liberal MP Bridget Archer and Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Haines has been a crossbench driver of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/link\/follow-20180101-p5cp9u\">the new national anti-corruption commission<\/a>\u00a0and is the first independent MP to succeed another independent in a lower house seat.<\/p>\n<p>The judges praised her vision, her commitment to integrity in politics and her work to build political consensus across partisan lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the honour of a lifetime to represent the people of Indi in the federal parliament, and it is the people of Indi who have spurred me on in my work to improve integrity, accountability and transparency in federal politics,\u201d Dr Haines said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is the most significant integrity reform at a federal level in more than 40 years and I am incredibly proud to have played a role in that, and look forward to continuing to work to improve integrity and transparency in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Parkinson, the chancellor of Macquarie University, said the Victorian MP had built broad community support for integrity in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics is the art of the possible, and that\u2019s something that you can be dismissive of, but what she did was to find a way to walk a path through all the competing groups and ended up with a policy position that everybody could come in behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previous recipients of the McKinnon Prize have included Gladys Berejiklian, former speaker Tony Smith MP and Labor MP Anne Aly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Minister Penny Wong\u00a0and\u00a0independent MP Helen Haines\u00a0have been named as winners of a prestigious prize for political leadership, recognised for improving Australia\u2019s standing at home and abroad. 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