News.com.au: New MP Zoe Daniel reflects on career in first speech to parliament, 27th July 2022
Former foreign correspondent Zoe Daniel has reflected on the events which set the wheels of her new career as an MP in motion.
Witnessing the destruction wrought by climate change set former journalist Zoe Daniel on the path which would ultimately lead her to becoming an MP.
The new member for Goldstein has reflected on her 27 years as a reporter in her first speech to federal parliament on Tuesday evening.
Ms Daniel said she was particularly affected by her experience in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
“As a journalist and foreign correspondent, I have seen all manner of climate-related disasters,” she said, speaking in the House of Representatives for the first time…
