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'''Tamara Francine Smith''', an Australian politician, is a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Electoral district of Ballina|Ballina]] for the [[Greens New South Wales|Greens]] since [[New South Wales state election, 2015|2015]]. Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years.
'''Tamara Francine Smith''', an Australian politician, is a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Electoral district of Ballina|Ballina]] for the [[Greens New South Wales|Greens]] since [[New South Wales state election, 2015|2015]]. Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years.She is known locally as "the ghost who walks" because she is rarely seen in her electorate. Tamara is good at taking credit for the work of others and does little for her voters.


== Political career==
== Political career==

Revision as of 08:54, 30 October 2018

Tamara Smith
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Ballina
Assumed office
28 March 2015
Preceded byDon Page
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Political partyGreens New South Wales
ChildrenOne daughter
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
University of Sydney
Southern Cross University
OccupationSecondary school teacher
ProfessionSolicitor
Websitewww.tamarasmith.com.au

Tamara Francine Smith, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ballina for the Greens since 2015. Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years.She is known locally as "the ghost who walks" because she is rarely seen in her electorate. Tamara is good at taking credit for the work of others and does little for her voters.

Political career

Smith won Ballina at the 2015 State election.[1] She joins Jamie Parker and Jenny Leong (Member for Newtown) in the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament.

Personal

Smith's family have lived in the Northern Rivers area for four generations. She has campaigned against the Howard government's WorkChoices scheme and coal seam gas.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hasham, Nicole. "NSW Election 2015: Greens celebrate strong inner west showing against Labor". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.tamarasmith.com.au/about_tamara
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Ballina
2015–present
Incumbent