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Husic is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, elected to represent the seat of Chifley in western Sydney for the Australian Labor Party at the 2010 federal election. He is the first Muslim to be elected to federal parliament, [2] as well as the first Muslim to be made a Minister in the Australian Government. [3]
This is a list of Asian Australians who have served as members of Australian federal, state, or territory legislatures.Despite Australia's proximity to Asia, as well as the significant and increasing minority of Australians belonging to an Asian ethnicity, [1] [2] the Australian Parliament is considered to be particularly under-representative of its constituents of Asian descent in comparison ...
The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [3]
Aly was born in Alexandria, Egypt (then known under the short-lived United Arab Republic) [7] [8] on 29 March 1967. [9] Her mother was a nurse and her father an engineer. When Aly was two years old she and her parents moved to Australia via an assisted migration program, living first in Queensland, before settling in the western Sydney suburbs Lakemba and Chipping Norton, where Aly attended a ...
Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese, left, gestures as he meets with China's president Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2023 (AP)
It was during this latter role that then prime minister John Howard and science minister Brendan Nelson started raising the idea of nuclear power for Australia. Albanese campaigned strongly against them, as well as elements within his own party, arguing that "Nuclear energy doesn't add up economically, environmentally or socially, and after ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 November 2024. Head of government of Australia For a list of officeholders, see List of prime ministers of Australia. Prime Minister of Australia Coat of arms of Australia Flag of Australia Incumbent Anthony Albanese since 23 May 2022 Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...
The Prime Minister said he would not have invited Alsuleiman had he known of his position regarding homosexuals. Alsuleiman said he did not hold radical anti-gay views. [24] Australia's Grand Mufti, Ibrahim Abu Mohamed has repudiated Malcolm Turnbull's position on this issue, saying Islam has a, "longstanding" position on homosexuality" which ...