Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Credit: http://theaimn.com. All rights reserved.
I was born in Pakistan, and grew up and studied in its busy, vibrant metropolis of Lahore. In 1992, my husband and I packed up and moved to Australia with our one-year old son and two suitcases. Over 23 years, we’ve built a new life for ourselves in our adopted country, and in 2013 I became the first Muslim woman to be elected to any Australian parliament—a small but important milestone in making our government more representative of the diversity in society.
