Tuesday, 14 September, 2021 - 09:00
Indigenous WA Greens senator confirmed
Former police officer and Indigenous social justice campaigner Dorinda Cox has been confirmed to fill a Western Australian Senate vacancy for the Greens.
Dorinda Cox
Senator for Western Australia / Greens WA
Dorinda Cox is a Yamatji Noongar woman, an anti-domestic violence campaigner and former police officer.
Ms Cox has over 20 years of experience working in government and non-government sectors at local, state and national levels. She was an Australian Government representative on several delegations on gender equality at the United Nations Commission for the Status of Women in New York at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation in Peru, and also UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Thailand. She also chaired the National Sexual Assault Services Board after participating in the first National Action Plan for Violence against women and children under the Rudd Government, where she recommended key law reform and policy initiatives that provide a reference point for the National Women’s Safety Summit and the development of the Second National Action Plan.
Ms Cox started her own business, Inspire Change Consulting Group, in 2013 to advise government bodies and departments on social issues, policy and advocacy work.
In September 2021, she became the first female Aboriginal Senator to be pre-selected as the lead Senate candidate for the Greens (WA) at the next Federal election and was officially sworn in to parliament as a Senator for Western Australia in October 2021. Ms Cox has previously represented Greens (WA) as a candidate for Jandakot and for Fremantle.
Ms Cox was inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame in 2023.
