Dorinda Cox has become the fifth indigenous woman in Australian Parliament.
The new Greens member is the first indigenous woman to serve as a senator for Western Australia and plans to be a “Beacon” for others.
The 44-year-old delivered on a promise she made to herself when she went to Canberra with her mother in 1994 and noticed the lack of indigenous representatives.
She believes she will give her people a new voice for indigenous women and mothers and says, “I'm in the driver’s seat to make real change.”