Tamara Francine Smith, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ballina for the

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since

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. Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years. Novelist Dominic Smith is her brother.

Political career

Smith won Ballina at the 2015 State election. She joined two other Greens, Jamie Parker and

Jenny Leong Jenny Leong (born 1977), an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Newtown for the Greens since 2015. Leong is the first person to represent Newtown in its current form, as it was created ...

(member for Newtown) in the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament. She retained her seat, with a 2.26-point two-party swing in her favour, in the 2019 election.

Personal

Smith's family have lived in the Northern Rivers area for four generations. She has campaigned against the

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government's WorkChoices scheme and coal seam gas.

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