Nunggubuyu woman Selena Uibo is NT Labor’s new leader, with an almost entirely Aboriginal caucus
NT Labor makes history appointing Australia’s first Indigenous woman to lead a major political partyAustralian Associated PressAfter a crushing defeat, Territory Labor has appointed the first Aboriginal woman to lead a major party in the nation’s history.
Labor has also appointed Member for Daly, Yaegl man, Dheran Young as the deputy opposition leader, who first snatched a seat in parliament during the 2021 Daly by-election. “You know, being the first is an honour and a privilege, and it’s quite exciting, not without being naive to the huge challenge that is ahead.”
Uibo was first elected in 2016 under the former chief minister Michael Gunner and hails from the bush electorate that takes in remote sections of the Territory north and west of Katherine.
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