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| Affiliation | Labor |
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| Name | Chansey Paech |
| Address |
, Northern Territory , Australia |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
November 00, 1987 |
| Died |
Still Living
(37 years) |
| Contributor | M@ |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Aug 18, 2024 01:53am |
| Tags |
Aboriginal Australian - German - Gay -
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| Info | Chanston James Paech
It was after noticing the lack of diversity on his local council that the Hon Chansey Paech MLA [pron. Chan-see Pake] decided to nominate to serve his local community in Central Australia. A message for Gwoja!
The first openly gay Indigenous Member of Parliament in Australia, Chansey was elected to Alice Springs Town Council in 2012.
In 2016 he was voted to represent the electorate of Namatjira, becoming a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly - serving as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees.
Addressing the chamber in his maiden parliamentary speech that October he said,
“I am young, I am gay, I am Black; a true blue Territorian.”
I am a proud face of the diversity and future of the great Australian Labor Party. [And] I am eternally proud of who I am and where I come from.”
In 2020 Chansey became the first Indigenous Speaker of an Australian Parliament and was voted represent the bush electorate of Gwoja that same year.
He is currently in the third of a four year term as the Northern Territory’s Deputy Chief Minister, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice as well as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Local Government, and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage.
Progressive by name and nature, Chansey has long-standing relationships in the Aboriginal community controlled sector in Central Australia and is a tireless campaigner for infrastructure investment, economic development and employment opportunities to ensure the sustainability of regional, rural and remote areas of the Northern Territory.
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