Parliament House Canberra Source: SBS CanningAmid the chaos of the ((Tuesday)) leadership spill, a political milestone risked going unnoticed.
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Amid the chaos of the ((Tuesday)) leadership spill, a political milestone risked going unnoticed.
The 100th woman in the Upper House, Greens’ Senator Mehreen Faruqi, rose to give her maiden speech.
But the occasion was momentous for another reason.
She is the first Muslim woman ever to claim one of the Senate’s red chairs.
