CLP government makes history with South Asian representation after landslide NT election win
The Northern Territory’s new Country Liberal Party government may be one of the most diverse ever. With a record number of incoming MLAs of Asian heritage. Diverse candidates ran from both sides of politics, which may see as a promising sign for migrant community leaders.
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00:00A flame lit to signify a new beginning.
00:05A first generation migrant, Valleyali nurse Jinson Charles has risen to make history as
00:11a northern Australian parliamentarian.
00:14Darwin and Australia is a place of opportunity.
00:17In the same seat where historians say Labor's June de Rosario became the NT's first and
00:22until now only elected representative to be born in India.
00:27Inspired to run for the law and order focused CLP by the heartbreaking migrant communities
00:32following the alleged murder of a young Bangladeshi student last year.
00:37He was an international student who came with the hope to have like a new journey of life
00:41in Australia but I think for his family I think he was returned as a person with no
00:45life.
00:46He'll be joined in parliament by the CLP's Indian born Kota Patel, Australian Bangladeshi
00:51Tanzil Rahman and Olly Carlson of Indonesian heritage.
00:56The highest ever representation of South Asian and South East Asian MLAs of any NT
01:01parliament ever.
01:02That's what Darwin is known for, it's multiculturalism and this is the best opportunity anybody can
01:08get.
01:09Although census data suggests nearly a third of NT residents were born overseas, that diversity
01:14hasn't always been reflected here at the Legislative Assembly.
01:17And in a statement the new Chief Minister says she's proud of the diversity of her team.
01:22None of the CLP's Indigenous candidates were successful at the weekend's election but
01:26Lia Finocchiaro maintains her team will govern for all Territorians.
01:31On the other side of politics, all four of Labor's parliamentarians confirmed so far
01:36have First Nations heritage, setting up for a diverse debate on the parliamentary floor.