Allegra Spender MP is the sitting Member for Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives. She was elected to this previously Liberal seat in Sydney in 2022 after campaigning as an Independent on a platform of climate action, political integrity and gender equality. She holds an Economics degree from Cambridge University and a Master of Science from the University of London. She has worked as a business analyst at McKinsey, a policy analyst for UK Treasury, and Managing Director of her family’s fashion label, Carla Zampatti. She has also been Chair of the Sydney Renewable Power Company, and CEO of the Australian Business and Community Network, which partners schools with leading Australian businesses to address educational disadvantage. Since joining Parliament, she has taken a leading role in legislating a target for reducing Australia’s CO2 emissions and establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission. She presently serves as co-Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and convenes the Wentworth for the Voice network of individuals, businesses, community groups and councils.
Producer: Patrick Telfer.Line Producer: Samuel Curkpatrick. Music composed and performed by: Cameron Deyell and Reuben Lewis. Image credit: Celeste de Clario. Director: Aaron Corn. Executive Producer: Marcia Langton.
Allegra Spender MP is the sitting Member for Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives. She was elected to this previously Liberal seat in Sydney in 2022 after campaigning as an Independent on a platform of climate action, political integrity and gender equality. She holds an Economics degree from Cambridge University and a Master of Science from the University of London. She has worked as a business analyst at McKinsey, a policy analyst for UK Treasury, and Managing Director of her family’s fashion label, Carla Zampatti. She has also been Chair of the Sydney Renewable Power Company, and CEO of the Australian Business and Community Network, which partners schools with leading Australian businesses to address educational disadvantage. Since joining Parliament, she has taken a leading role in legislating a target for reducing Australia’s CO2 emissions and establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission. She presently serves as co-Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and convenes the Wentworth for the Voice network of individuals, businesses, community groups and councils.
Producer: Patrick Telfer.Line Producer: Samuel Curkpatrick. Music composed and performed by: Cameron Deyell and Reuben Lewis. Image credit: Celeste de Clario. Director: Aaron Corn. Executive Producer: Marcia Langton.