'I made it here': Australia's first parliamentarian from the South Sudanese community sworn in
The nation’s first South Sudanese-Australian MP has been sworn into Western Australia’s parliament.
“When I came to Perth I couldn’t speak much English. A girl that arrived with her sister and a carry-on bag, a plastic bag. We came here with nothing, not even one dollar,” she told SBS News.
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The nation’s first South Sudanese-Australian MP has been sworn into Western Australia’s parliament
Source: Aaron Fernandes/SBS News
The first South Sudanese Australian elected to an Australian parliament was on Monday sworn in to Western Australia’s Legislative Council.
Ayor Makur Chuot arrived in Australia as a refugee in 2005 after spending 10 years in an UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya.
She hopes her election to parliament will inspire other migrant women to consider a career in politics.
“When I came to Perth I couldn’t speak much English. A girl that arrived with her sister and a carry-on bag, a plastic bag. We came here with nothing, not even one dollar,” she told SBS News.