Nunggubuyu woman Selena Uibo has become the first Aboriginal woman to lead Labor in the NT, while new Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro is in Canberra talking up her 'tough-on-crime' approach.
After a crushing defeat in the recent election, Northern Territory Labor has appointed the first Aboriginal woman to lead a major party in the nation’s history. Nunggubuyu woman Selena Uibo, the Member for Arnhem, has taken up the top job alongside an almost entirely Aboriginal caucus. “I’m very proud … the Territory is one third Aboriginal population … that make up the width and the breadth of the Territory,” she said.
New Chief Minsiter Lia Finocchiaro was in Canberra on Wednesday for the national cabinet meeting and said she would advocate for more anti-violence funding in the NT, where domestic assault rates are five times higher than in other jurisdictions and the domestic homicide rate is seven times higher.
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