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Serving state and country
from opposite sides of politics
STORY BY DAVID ELLIS
AND ELISA BLACK
or the first time since Australia’s Federal
Parliament was established 120 years
ago, both Leaders in the Senate for the
Government and Opposition are from
South Australia – and both are University of
Adelaide graduates.
Simon Birmingham and Penny Wong may have
taken different paths to becoming Senators for
South Australia, but while they sit on opposite
sides of the Senate and in different political
parties, they also share some things in common:
experience of student politics, a love of the
University’s Barr Smith Library Reading Room,
and a close family member who inspired them to
enter into politics.
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