Jacinta Mary Ann Collins (born 4 September 1962) is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 1995 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2019.

From October 1998 to November 2001, Collins was Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment, Training and Population.

[2] Collins was promoted to the Second Gillard Ministry as the Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations on 14 September 2010.

[3] In January 2019, Collins announced that she would not contest the next election, citing "family health issues" for her decision to quit politics.

[4] She resigned from the Senate on 15 February 2019, and was announced as the new head of the National Catholic Education Commission on the same day.

[1] In 2023, Jacinta was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Notre Dame Australia for her contribution to public life and education.