Tanya Plibersek

The proudly Labor Member for Sydney, Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, joins Mia to talk about growing up in a politically engaged Slovenian-Australian family with two encouraging older brothers; her entry into (and temporary disenchantment with) the Labor Party, and her early election to Parliament; how a commitment to positive change and big ideas, rather than personal ambition, drives her work; her uncanny ability to pull together stakeholders to make things happen; making space for her kids' generation, especially young women, to thrive; how sometimes the personal has to inform the political when an important issue demands it; and how we can make the best of a bad situation recovering better and fairer from the pandemic. She also swats away our best attempt at cheeky leadership speculation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.