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Penny Wong and Helen Haines win political leadership prize

Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

Mar 13, 2023 – 5.00am

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong and independent MP Helen Haines have been named as winners of a prestigious prize for political leadership, recognised for improving Australia’s standing at home and abroad.

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’Dwyer and public servant Martin Parkinson.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.