“It's going to be such an interesting parliament to have those different perspectives at the table.”
Newly-elected Labor senators Jana Stewart and Fatima Payman will be a part of the most diverse government in Australia's history.When Australia’s 47th Parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday it will feature the most diverse government in Australia’s history.
Jerome Laxale, Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Fatima Payman, Jana Stewart and Sally Sitou are among 20 new Labor caucus members.Fatima Payman, 27, who came to Australia as a refugee from Afghanistan, will be the youngest member of this Parliament and the first MP to wear a hijab in Australia’s Federal Parliament.
“So you just thought it was for people that, you know, occupy that space, well, mainly, the white male, sort of demographic.” “That voice or that voice of the Muslim or multicultural community, who, English is not their first language, having their voices and struggles sort of brought to the forefront, and to put a lens of what they're going through over the legislation and discussions that we're going to have in parliament is going to be quite important," she said.
“I think over time, there's going to be a mutual understanding of what their story was for having those sort of sentiments towards Muslims or towards multicultural communities, and maybe my understanding of, you know, their position. So it will be an interesting experience,” she said.
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