Tamara Smith | |
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ballina | |
| Assumed office 28 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Don Page |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October[1] |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Greens New South Wales |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales University of Sydney Southern Cross University |
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher |
| Profession | Solicitor |
| Website | www |
Tamara Francine Smith, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ballina for the Greens since 2015.[2]
Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years, first woman to hold the seat of Ballina, and the first regional Greens MP to represent a regional lower house seat in Australia.[3]
Previous to being the Member for Ballina, Tamara worked as a secondary school teacher for many years both in Ballina and Central Australia before becoming a solicitor in 2012. Tamara has also been an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University since 2023.
Novelist Dominic Smith is her brother.[4]
- ^ "Member for Ballina". Hansard. 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Ms Tamara Francine Smith, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Tamara Smith MP for Ballina". Greens NSW. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ Baum, Caroline (21 May 2016). "Dominic Smith". The Age.