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Ms Josephine (Josie) Farrer
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Date: 24 September 1947
Place: Halls Creek, Western Australia
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Shire Council president and councillor, Halls Creek
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Labor
Joined Australian Labor Party
Date Elected
9 March 2013
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Kimberley
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MLA for Kimberley 9 March 2013–present.
Elected to the Thirty-Ninth Parliament for Kimberley on 9 March 2013 in succession to
Carol Anne Martin
(retired).
Re-elected 2017.
Committees
Member Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition from 2 December 2014 to 26 March 2015
Co-opted Member to the Education and Health Standing Committee's Inquiry into Aboriginal Youth Suicide in Remote Areas from 22 March 2016 to 17 November 2016
Member Education and Health Standing Committee from 23 May 2017
Private Member's Bills
Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill 2014
Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition - 02/12/2014
Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill 2015
Assented to - 17/09/2015
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Parliament of Western Australia website.
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- Accessed 26 May 2015.
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