• Australian Labor Party Representative for Barton
• Minister for Indigenous Australians (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 2 July 2016 — Federal election
• Email me whenever Linda Burney speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Numbers
• Register of Interests

Questions without Notice: Makarrata Commission (8 Aug 2023)

“Y (—) (): I thank the member for Farrer for her question. What I have to say is difficult to listen to. We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We support constitutional recognition through a voice. We support makarrata, and funding has been allocated in line with our election commitment. The reason that we need a voice is that for far too long governments have made policy for...”

Questions without Notice: Makarrata Commission (8 Aug 2023)

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have certainly mentioned makarrata and funding allocated to makarrata. I was speaking about life expectancy. We need a voice because the suicide rate for our people is twice as high. We need the Voice for people like Kaya, Betty and Adele Sandy, who lived at Doomadgee in north-west Queensland. All three women had been diagnosed and lived with rheumatic heart disease...”

Questions without Notice: Makarrata Commission (8 Aug 2023)

“I thank the member for Hume for his question. I'm very pleased you've raised the issue of money. As I have said, funding has been committed to a makarrata in line with the policy that we took to the last election. You might have noticed that. But our priority is Constitutional recognition through a Voice. That's what the referendum is about, because not all governments in the past have...”

More of Linda Burney's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, Representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 10 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks — email me whenever Linda Burney speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 208 times in debates — below average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

Linda Burney's latest interest statement