Fatima Payman is the first is the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in Australia’s federal parliament.
Labor's Fatima Payman has encouraged girls who decide to wear the hijab to do so with pride in her first address to the Senate.
The 27-year-old, who is the daughter of a refugee from Afghanistan, is the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in Australia’s federal parliament. She is also the youngest member of this parliament, and the first Afghan-Australian to be elected.
She had been tasked with delivering a reply to Governor-General David Hurley's opening speech to parliament, a response that traditionally outlines the ruling government’s agenda.
