Tuesday, 31 May, 2022 - 16:18
Big wins for WA in Albanese ministry
Anthony Albanese has announced his 23-person cabinet with some major responsibilities for Western Australians in the outer ministry.
Linda Burney is an Australian politician and a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing Barton since the 2016 federal election. She was the first Aboriginal person to serve in the New South Wales Parliament in 2003, and the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives.
Ms Burney was an ALP member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Canterbury from 2003 to 2016. She was also the New South Wales deputy leader of the opposition, Shadow Minister for Education, and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. In the Keneally ministry, she was the Minister for the State Plan and Minister for Community Services. During 2008 and 2009, Ms Burney was National President of the Labor Party. She was the Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and for Preventing Family Violence under the Albanese ministry. Following the Labor Party's victory at the 2022 federal election, Ms Burney became the Minister for Indigenous Australians under the Albanese government, becoming the second Aboriginal person to assume the role.
Ms Burney began her career teaching at Lethbridge Park public school in western Sydney in 1979. She was involved in the New South Wales Aboriginal Education Consultative Group from the mid-1980s, participating in the development and implementation of the first Aboriginal education policy in Australia.
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Anthony Albanese has announced his 23-person cabinet with some major responsibilities for Western Australians in the outer ministry.
Traditional owners in Western Australia have written to the Albanese government seeking to stop the progress of a contentious urea plant.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has reached an agreement for a 30-day halt to the development of a Burrup Peninsula fertiliser plant that Indigenous leaders claim could impact ancient rock art.
Tanya Plibersek has been forced to clarify the Albanese government's position on a controversial West Australian fertiliser plant.
The Nationals will not support efforts to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution, threatening the chances of a referendum passing.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the wording of a referendum to change the constitution enabling an Indigenous voice to parliament and government.
Support for constitutional change is firming in business and political circles despite hesitancy in some quarters to take a stance on the issue.
A list of confronting issues compiled by Indigenous teens in the state's Mid West has laid bare the need for change amid a bitter Voice debate
Both sides of politics are pledging to focus on closing the Indigenous disadvantage gap after a referendum to constitutionally enshrine an advisory body failed.
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Two veteran federal ministers have announced they will retire from politics at the end of the current term, sparking an immediate reshuffle of cabinet by Anthony Albanese.
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Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank | WA staff |
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Member for Barton, NSW
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2016 | |||
Member, was National President 2008-2009
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Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank |
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Minister for Indigenous Australians
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2022 - 2024 | ||
Shadow Minister for Families & Social Services, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians since 2019
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2018 - 2022 | ||
Shadow Minister for Preventing Family Violence
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2018 - 2019 | ||
Shadow Minister for Human Services
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2016 - 2018 | ||
MLA - Canterbury, NSW
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2003 - 2016 | ||
Director General, Department of Aboriginal Affairs
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2000 - 2003 |