Senate Proceedings - Senator Fatima Payman's First Speech

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Senator Fatima Payman is a senator for Western Australia. She was an organiser for the United Workers Union in 2018 and was a program coordinator for Edmund Rice Education Australia. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 2005. Payman is the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in the Australian Parliament. The transcript of this proceeding can be found here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/25574/&sid=0000 This video was taken from the 6 September 2022 Senate sitting. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DISCLAIMER: This channel is NOT the official YouTube channel of the Australian Parliament. We are fans of English-speaking legislatures who love watching legislative proceedings and procedure! This channel IS NOT affiliated with the Australian Parliament. This video is not commercial or political party sponsorship and is not advertisement. Certain videos on this channel—mainly ones including famous moments—may show advertisements. This is because that video has been copyright claimed. This channel is not monetised in any way; any money from said ads will go to the copyright claimant and not us. OUR TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AusParlFan REAL AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Aust_Parliament REAL AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT WEBSITE: https://www.aph.gov.au/ REAL AUSTRALIAN SENATE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/AuSenate REAL AUSTRALIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/aboutthehouse REAL HANSARD: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard REAL PARLVIEW: http://parlview.aph.gov.au/browse.php (we get nearly all of our videos from here) This YouTube channel is in no way affiliated with the Crown, Queen of Australia Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Governor-General of Australia His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC FTSC (Retd), the Australian Government, the Australian Parliament, the Australian Senate, Senator the Honourable Sue Lines (or her deputies), the Australian House of Representatives, anyone working at Australian Parliament House or Jim. #AusPol #Senate #Parliament