<Tr> <Th> Aunts </Th> <Td> Ailsa Stewart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First cousins </Th> <Td> Shauna Bradley Duncan Stewart </Td> </Tr> <P> Emma Jackson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Dannii Minogue . She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 22 September 1989 . She departed on 22 August 1990 . Emma was described as a teen punk and a tomboy . </P> <P> In 1989, Young Talent Time actress Dannii Minogue was offered an audition for Home and Away . Following her return from New York City, where she was recording her first album, Minogue read for the role of Marilyn Chambers . She believed she was not right for the character and she did not win the role . However, the producers asked Minogue's manager Terry Blamey if they could write a part especially for her and they came up with Emma Jackson . Minogue wanted to accept the role, as she loved the character's personality, but she was in the middle of recording her album and was nervous about relocating to Sydney for filming . Blamey decided that she should have a short run on the show and negotiated a thirteen - week contract, with an option to extend once her album was finished . </P>

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