Hijab-wearing Afghan interloper wins Australian Senate seat



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Australia done story again as a initial hijab-wearing Afghan interloper lady won a Senate chair from Western Australia, internal media reported on Monday.

Fatima Payman has won Western Australia’s sixth and final Senate seat, apropos a initial Afghan Australian and a initial hijab-wearing Muslim lady in parliament, SBS News reported.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his celebration leaders congratulated Payman on her victory.

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“Congratulations Senator Payman,” a premier tweeted.

Patrick Gorman, partner apportion to a primary minister, pronounced he is unapproachable that his state is promulgation Fatima to paint them in Canberra.

“Senator-elect Payman is an Australian Muslim with informative roots from Afghanistan,” Gorman wrote on Twitter.

“She worked tough ancillary Labor possibilities and members opposite WA. This is a win for a state and a win for a grassroots members of @walabor who helped get a Senate opinion to this level,” he added.

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Payman arrived as a interloper from Afghanistan with her relatives and 3 siblings, before flourishing adult in Perth, according to SBS News.

Payman thanked her supporters after a choosing elect announced her victory.

“WE WON!!! I’m unapproachable to announce that I’ve strictly been inaugurated as a Senator for Western Australia,” she posted on Facebook.

“Thank we everybody for your adore and support! We did it!” she added.

Earlier this month, for a initial time in Australia’s history, Prime Minister Albanese enclosed dual Muslim members Anne Aly and Ed Husic in his Cabinet.