Dr Katie Allen MP - Liberal Member for Higgins

Welcome to the last episode of season two!


Today we speak to Dr Katie Allen, Liberal Member for Higgins in Melbourne. She won the seat at the 2019 Federal Election. Before politics, Katie was a medical researcher In 2015 Allen was elected an Inaugural Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.


At the 2019 election, the Liberals suffered a six-percent swing against them in Higgins, enough to drop the Liberal majority to 53 percent, making Higgins a marginal seat for the first time.


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