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Zoe McKenzie
Zoe McKenzie (born 2 October 1972) is an Australian Liberal politician who has served in the House of Representatives since May 2022, representing the Division of Flinders in Victoria. McKenzie was an industrial relations lawyer, international trade specialist and board director prior to election to the Parliament of Australia on 21 May 2022.
McKenzie was born in Melbourne Australia, educated at Lauriston Girls School in Armadale and attended the University of Melbourne, where she undertook Law and Arts, focusing on French, German and Spanish language studies in her arts degree.
McKenzie was raised by her mother, Ann Shanahan, who practised as a cardio-thoracic surgeon and lawyer, through most of her professional life.
At the age of 15, Zoe undertook an exchange to France, attending school and living with a French family in a small village near Valence.
At University, she worked as a research assistant to Professor Greg Craven and Professor Cheryl Saunders, at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies and as a part time junior adviser to Attorney General Jan Wade, in the Kennett Government.
McKenzie undertook articles with Corrs Chambers Westgarth and practised in industrial relations law before joining the private office of Federal Attorney General Daryl Williams AM QC, with responsibility for constitutional law, criminal justice and reform of the marriage celebrant scheme.
McKenzie then joined Freehill Hollingdale and Page (later Freehills, now Herbert Smith Freehills) in industrial relations and employment law becoming a Senior Associate with the firm in 2003.
In 2004 she returned to policy work, first becoming an adviser to federal Education, Science and Training Minister Brendan Nelson, with responsibility for vocational education, and later higher education, then working in senior policy and chief of staff roles in the Communications and Arts portfolio.
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Zoe McKenzie
Zoe McKenzie (born 2 October 1972) is an Australian Liberal politician who has served in the House of Representatives since May 2022, representing the Division of Flinders in Victoria. McKenzie was an industrial relations lawyer, international trade specialist and board director prior to election to the Parliament of Australia on 21 May 2022.
McKenzie was born in Melbourne Australia, educated at Lauriston Girls School in Armadale and attended the University of Melbourne, where she undertook Law and Arts, focusing on French, German and Spanish language studies in her arts degree.
McKenzie was raised by her mother, Ann Shanahan, who practised as a cardio-thoracic surgeon and lawyer, through most of her professional life.
At the age of 15, Zoe undertook an exchange to France, attending school and living with a French family in a small village near Valence.
At University, she worked as a research assistant to Professor Greg Craven and Professor Cheryl Saunders, at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies and as a part time junior adviser to Attorney General Jan Wade, in the Kennett Government.
McKenzie undertook articles with Corrs Chambers Westgarth and practised in industrial relations law before joining the private office of Federal Attorney General Daryl Williams AM QC, with responsibility for constitutional law, criminal justice and reform of the marriage celebrant scheme.
McKenzie then joined Freehill Hollingdale and Page (later Freehills, now Herbert Smith Freehills) in industrial relations and employment law becoming a Senior Associate with the firm in 2003.
In 2004 she returned to policy work, first becoming an adviser to federal Education, Science and Training Minister Brendan Nelson, with responsibility for vocational education, and later higher education, then working in senior policy and chief of staff roles in the Communications and Arts portfolio.