The Wiradjuri woman and Minister for Indigenous Australians, who first entered politics in 2003, has announced her retirement.
Linda Burney has announced she will retire at the next election, and in the meantime will relinquish her role as Minister for Indigenous Australians and move to the backbench. It calls time on an extraordinary and unprecedented political career. Burney became the first Indigenous person to serve in the NSW parliament when she was elected as the Member for Canterbury in 2003.
"What Linda has drawn from everything that she has had to endure is not bitterness or despair, it is positive, it is hope and optimism," he said. As Minister for Indigenous Australians, Burney pledged to work closely with Indigenous organisations on Closing the Gap and announced increased funding for justice reinvestment and Indigenous-led health programs in partnership with NACCHO.
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