The first Indigenous female MP elected to the House of Representatives has delivered the opening of her maiden speech in her native language. Linda Burney, the first indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, delivered her maiden speech today. S... Burney is the first indigenous What is it: In this speech, Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, gives her inaugural speech to Parliament in 2016. Linda Burney MP, tells the story of her kangaroo skin cloak in maiden speech at Parliament House. She won … The usual rules of the Lower House were relaxed to allow Wiradjuri woman Lynette Riley to sing the Labor MP into the house from the public gallery. Burney is of Wiradjuri and Scottish descent and grew up in Whitton, a small town in south-west NSW near Leeton. Donning a cloak detailing her … The first Indigenous woman elected to the House of Representatives, Linda Burney, has slammed calls for the watering down of the Racial Discrimination Act during her maiden speech. Burney, 59, is the ALP member for Barton (NSW). An unanticipated problem was encountered, check back soon and try again The white cockatoo is … Burney is the first indigenous woman to be elected to the House. All this and more happened on Wednesday afternoon, when Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, delivered her first speech as the Labor MP for the New South Wales seat of Barton. Its purpose: to allow parents to take time off from work to look after children in their critical early months of development – critical to the health and development of both birth mothers and children. Burney has also served as National President of the ALP. She was previously a member of the NSW Parliament, a minister in the last Labor government, and deputy leader of the Opposition between 2011 and 2016. She explains what it is she stands for, who the people of her electorate are, and the background she has come from. Burney uses this opportunity to describe the role of politics as she sees it, with particular attention given to the themes … Linda Burney addresses the House of Representatives on the paid parental leave bill - Thursday, 13 February 2020 Australia's national Paid Parental Leave scheme is a proud Labor legacy. Watch: Linda Burney includes Wiradjuri song as part of maiden speech “I was born at a time when the Australian Government knew how many sheep there were, but not how many Aboriginal people. (ABC News: Adam Kennedy) The outline of the sulphur crested cockatoo was burned freehand into the kangaroo skin cloak worn by Ms Burney as she began the speech.