Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Western Australia, 2022.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 28.7.2022 to 24.6.2024; Migration served from 28.7.2022 to 4.7.2024; Parliamentary Library served from 18.3.2024 to 4.7.2024
• Joint Statutory: Public Works served from 28.7.2022 to 4.7.2024
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Environment and Communications: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to 4.7.2024; Education and Employment: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to 4.7.2024; Education and Employment: References served from 28.7.2022 to 4.7.2024; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 18.3.2024 to 24.6.2024
• Senate Select: Dental Services in Australia served as Deputy Chair from 9.3.2023 to 30.11.2023; Perth Mint and Commonwealth regulatory compliance served from 22.6.2023 to present; Australia's Disaster Resilience served from 26.2.2024 to 4.7.2024; Adopting Artificial Intelligence served from 27.3.2024 to 4.7.2024
• Senate Standing: Publications served as Chair from 28.7.2022 to 4.7.2024

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 01.07.2022 to 04.07.2024
• Independent. Served: 04.07.2024 to present
• Independent Whip from 13.8.2024.

Party positions

• Secretary of the Multicultural Labor Branch from June 2019 to June 2022.
• Equity and Diversity Officer for Young Labor (WA), 2020.
• President of Young Labor (WA), 2021.

Personal

• Born: 1995, Kabul, Afghanistan
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Not married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (University of Western Australia).
• GradDipPharmSc (University of Western Australia).
• Pharmacy Assistant and TerryWhite Chemist from 18.2.2018 to 17.2.2020.
• Electorate Officer from 30.5.2019 to 23.12.2020.
• Organiser for the United Workers Union from 11.1.2021 to 3.6.2022.

Honours

• Awarded Australian Muslim Role Model of the Year, 2022.