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Hon Linda Burney

Hon Linda Burney

Biography

Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians

Linda was elected federal member for Barton in 2016, following a 13 year career in the NSW Parliament.

As a proud member of the Wiradjuri nation, Linda was the first Aboriginal person to be elected to the NSW Parliament and the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the Australian House of Representatives. Linda’s commitment to Indigenous issues spans more than 30 years.

She began her career as a teacher in Western Sydney and then as an education bureaucrat before being appointed Director General of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in 2000. Charles Sturt University awarded her, its first Aboriginal graduate, an Honorary Doctorate in Education in 2002.

Linda has held senior positions in the non-government sector serving on a number of boards including the SBS, the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board, and the NSW Board of Studies.

All session by Hon Linda Burney

Opening Address

10.00
Ballroom 2, 3, 4 & 5