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- Anna Mae
- Jul 5, 2016
- 1 min read
Linda Burney Makes History As First Aboriginal Woman Elected To The Lower House
''Linda Burney has made history as the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the house of representatives in Saturday’s federal election.
The former New South Wales deputy Labor leader has won the marginal seat of Barton in Sydney’s southern suburbs, taking it from Liberal Nickolas Varvaris who has held it since 2103.
“The flirt with the Liberals is over and Barton is back where it belongs and I can thank all these people around me, we have created history tonight in Barton,” Burney told Channel 7.
“We have created history tonight in Barton for Aboriginal people and for women, the first Indigenous woman in the house of representatives.”...''
by Allan Clarke
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