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"The median age of Australia’s federal parliamentarians is 50.
On election night, as the scale of Labor’s victory was revealed, Charlotte
Walker was blowing out the candles on her 21st birthday cake.
On Tuesday, she was officially declared a Labor senator for South Australia and
became the youngest senator ever elected.
“I’m just taking it a day at a time,” she says as she prepares for Senate
school in Canberra.
On 3 May Walker worked on polling booths then spent the night in the seat of
Boothby, where Labor’s Louise Miller-Frost held out against Liberal Nicolle
Flint. Amid the other celebrations, a colleague sorted her out with cake.
Walker says she loves her work for the Australian Services Union, and would be
staying there if she wasn’t off to Canberra.
Asked what makes her nervous about her parliamentary debut, she says she is
“not naive”.
“There’s a lot to learn,” she says, but the support from her union and Labor
colleagues has been “amazing”.
Her youth, she says, will bring another perspective to parliament.
“I grew up in the regions,” she says of her childhood in Yankalilla and
Normanville. “I think we need our regions to also remain represented, so
hopefully that complements my youth.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
