Austin Fabry-Jenkins

Austin Fabry-Jenkins aka Ella Fabry is Co-Convenor Victorian Pride Lobby. Lead at Australian Services Union (ASU), Melbourne.

Ella Fabry

Austin Fabry-Jenkins is a Melbourne based activist. She was the Campaign Coordinator of the Timor Sea Justice Campaign.

Married to Amy Fabry-Jenkins.

Marriage Equality

Marriage Equality Federal Election Campaign Lead Organiser, Victorian Trades Hall Council, May 2016 - Jul 2016.

Lead a team of four organisers in a Federal Election field campaign targeting two seats specifically around the issue of marriage equality.

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International Women’s Day

On the afternoon of Thursday 8 March, 2018, the steps outside of Victoria’s State Library buzzed with the sound of women accomplishing their goals as more than one thousand people gathered to celebrate International Women’s Day, slogan-emblazoned signs in hand.

Guest speakers addressed numerous issues including racism, domestic violence, reproductive rights, transgender rights and free education to the fiery crowd. Together they chanted and marched to Parliament House.

Kate Crossin, the National Women’s Officer at the National Union of Students, was among the women rallying. She became involved in feminist and student movements when she started university.

Mich-Elle Myers, National Women’s Liaison Officer at the Maritime Union of Australia, spoke at the Melbourne rally. Myers told the crowd that the #MeToo movement should really be called “#AllOfUs.”

Ella Fabry, organiser at the Finance Sector Union, has marched in the International Women’s Day rally for five years. She believes that economic disparity between men and women is currently the biggest issue.

“I think our entire world is built off the unpaid labour of women, and that that’s not recognised enough,” Fabry said.

Amy Jenkins, Media and Communications Officer at the Health and Community Services Union, has been rallying on International Women’s Day since 2011.

On Thursday, Jenkins launched a portrait gallery to celebrate the women who make unions strong, before arriving at the library for a “day of sisterhood”.

“I look up to a lot of women in the union movement who are older than me,” she said.

“They have a brashness to them and an irreverence that is just required to survive.”

International Women’s Day is a day of solidarity and celebration for many, including Fabry.

“It means that you stand with people when they’re under attack, and that you’re all fighting together to tear down the oppression that exists in society that holds you back,” she said.^[1]

Stand Up!

In 2013 Annalivia Carli Hannan & Ella Fabry ran for UMSU Education (Public Affairs) Officer on the Stand Up! ticket.^[2]

"Bring Them Here"

Melbourne University ALP Club September 20, 2016.

Members of the Melbourne University ALP Club will not stand for cruel and inhumane policies toward refugees and asylum seekers, no matter which party proposes them #bringthemhere #letthemstay #closethecamps Bring Them Here Solidarity Student Club Melbourne University