Kate Jenkins named new sex discrimination commissioner

The federal government has named lawyer Kate Jenkins as the new sex discrimination commissioner.

Kate Jenkins (centre) tweeted this image after being named the new Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner. Source: Twitter

Victorian lawyer Kate Jenkins has been named the new federal sex discrimination commissioner.

Ms Jenkins was appointed the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner in 2013 after two decades as a lawyer.

She was lead partner of Herbert Smith Freehills' Australian equal opportunity practice.