Linda Burney

The Honourable
Linda Burney
MP
The Honourable Linda Burney MP
Minister for Indigenous Australians
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Ken Wyatt
Member of the Australian Parliament; for Barton
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 July 2016
Preceded by	Nickolas Varvaris
Deputy Leader of the Opposition; in New South Wales
	In office; 8 April 2011 – 7 March 2016
Leader	John Robertson; Luke Foley
Preceded by	Jillian Skinner
Succeeded by	Michael Daley
National President of the Labor Party
	In office; 27 December 2008 – 30 July 2009
Preceded by	Mike Rann
Succeeded by	Michael Williamson
Premier	In office; 8 September 2008 – 28 March 2011
NSW Minister (2007-2011)
Minister for Community Services
	In office; 8 September 2008 – 28 March 2011
Premier	Nathan Rees; Kristina Keneally
Preceded by	Kevin Greene
Succeeded by	Pru Goward (Family and Community Services)
Minister for Youth
	In office; 2 April 2007 – 5 September 2008
Premier	Morris Iemma
Preceded by	Reba Meagher
Succeeded by	Graham West
Member of the New South Wales Parliament; for Canterbury
	In office; 22 March 2003 – 6 May 2016
Preceded by	Kevin Moss
Succeeded by	Sophie Cotsis
Personal details
Born	25 April 1957 (age 67); Whitton, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Rick Farley (d. 2006)
Children	2
Alma mater	Mitchell College of Advanced Education
Occupation	Teacher
Website	www.lindaburney.com.au

Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician who is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing Barton since the 2016 federal election. She is Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Albanese ministry, and the first woman who identifies as Aboriginal to serve in that position.^[1]

Burney was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Canterbury for Labor from 2003 to 2016. She was the New South Wales Deputy Leader of the Opposition and was also Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. In the Keneally ministry, she was the Minister for the State Plan and Minister for Community Services. During 2008 and 2009, Burney was National President of the Labor Party.

Burney was the first person who identifies as Aboriginal to serve in the New South Wales Parliament in 2003, and also the first Aboriginal identifying woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 2016.

After the election of a federal Labor government in the 2022 election on 21 May 2022, Burney was appointed Minister for Indigenous Australians.

^ Clun, Rachel (23 May 2022). "'This will change Australia': Linda Burney says Labor committed to Indigenous Voice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[1] Clun, Rachel (23 May 2022). "'This will change Australia': Linda Burney says Labor committed to Indigenous Voice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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