Labor MP Sally Sitou has used her maiden speech to recognise the diversity of elected politicians to make parliament “better” and democracy “stronger”.
“That’s why I think it’s important to have someone like me in our federal parliament, not for diversity’s sake,” she said.
“But because representatives that embody all of the Australian story make our parliament better and our democracy stronger.”
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