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| Affiliation | Labor |
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| Name | Linda Burney |
| Address |
, New South Wales , Australia |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
April 25, 1957 |
| Died |
Still Living
(67 years) |
| Contributor | Karma Policeman |
| Last Modifed | NCdem
Apr 26, 2024 06:39am |
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| Info | Linda Jean Burney is the first Aboriginal person to serve in the New South Wales Parliament. She represented the south western Sydney region of Canterbury for the Australian Labor Party since 2003 and served as the Deputy Leader of the Party from 2011.
From 2007 to 2011 she served as a Minister in the Labor government in a range of portfolios, including Community Services.
She obtained a Diploma of Teaching and was the first Aboriginal graduate from the then Mitchell College of Advanced Education (now Charles Sturt University).
She began her career teaching at a public school in western Sydney in 1979. She has been involved in the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group since the mid-1980s and has participated in the development and implementation of the first Aboriginal education policy in Australia.
Ms Burney was an executive member of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, President of the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and is a former Director-General of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs.
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