Deputy Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales
In office 8 April 2011 – 7 March 2016
Leader
John Robertson Luke Foley
Preceded by
Jillian Skinner
Succeeded by
Michael Daley
National President of the Labor Party
In office 27 December 2008 – 30 July 2009
Preceded by
Mike Rann
Succeeded by
Michael Williamson
NSW Minister (2007-2011)
Minister for Community Services
In office 8 September 2008 – 28 March 2011
Premier
Nathan Rees Kristina Keneally
Preceded by
Kevin Greene
Succeeded by
Pru Goward (Family and Community Services)
Minister for Youth
In office 2 April 2007 – 5 September 2008
Premier
Morris Iemma
Preceded by
Reba Meagher
Succeeded by
Graham West
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Canterbury
In office 22 March 2003 – 6 May 2016
Preceded by
Kevin Moss
Succeeded by
Sophie Cotsis
Personal details
Born
(1957-04-25) 25 April 1957 (age 67) Whitton, New South Wales, Australia
Political party
Labor
Spouse
Rick Farley (d. 2006)
Children
2
Alma mater
Charles Sturt University
Occupation
Teacher
Website
www.lindaburney.com.au
Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician who is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing Barton since the 2016 federal election. She is Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Albanese ministry, and the first woman who identifies as Aboriginal to serve in that position.[1]
Burney was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Canterbury for Labor from 2003 to 2016. She was the New South Wales Deputy Leader of the Opposition and was also Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. In the Keneally ministry, she was the Minister for the State Plan and Minister for Community Services. During 2008 and 2009, Burney was National President of the Labor Party.
Burney was the first person who identifies as Aboriginal to serve in the New South Wales Parliament in 2003, and also the first Aboriginal identifying woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 2016.
After the election of a federal Labor government in the 2022 election on 21 May 2022, Burney was appointed Minister for Indigenous Australians.
^Clun, Rachel (23 May 2022). "'This will change Australia': Linda Burney says Labor committed to Indigenous Voice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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separated in 1996 and Farley went on to date Australian Labor Party MP LindaBurney, the first Indigenous member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly...
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police constituted assault and the Minister for Indigenous Australians, LindaBurney, said the incident was “disturbing and concerning”. Thorpe was awarded...
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the Agency is responsible to the Minister for Indigenous Australians, LindaBurney and is an executive agency of the Department of the Prime Minister and...
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