Anasina Gray-Barberio
Australian politician
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Anasina Gray-Barberio (born 1981/1982) is a Samoan-Australian politician, non-profit executive and community worker. She is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan Region.[2][3] She has also worked in the community sector.
Anasina Gray-Barberio | |
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 Gray-Barberio in 2024 | |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Metropolitan Region | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Samantha Ratnam |
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| Born | 1981/1982[1] |
| Party | Greens |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Tala Gray (brother) |
| Alma mater | Deakin University |
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Early life
Gray-Barberio was born in Samoa, the second of six children to Samoan rugby union international Paul Gray and health teacher Taualogomai Gray.[1] She attended Utuali’i Primary School and the Leulumoega-Fou College before moving to Melbourne at the age of 14, settling in the suburb of Broadmeadows.[4] Gray-Barberio attended Deakin University from 2020 to 2024, graduating with a Bachelor of Social Work.[4][5]
She has worked extensively within the community sector, focusing on community engagement, development and project management with diverse cultural groups. She is the founder of Engage Pasefika, a grassroots organisation dedicated to overcoming gaps in culturally responsive health services and advancing health equity for Pacific Island communities.[6] She has also served as a Community Advisory Committee member for the Royal Melbourne Hospital.[6]
Political career
Gray-Barberio filled the outgoing Legislative Council seat of former Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam, who resigned to contest the Division of Wills at the 2025 federal election.[3][7] Upon her appointment she became the first Samoan MP in the Victorian parliament.[2] Gray-Barberio requested that she be sung into the parliament, a traditional Samoan custom, but her request to allow this by suspending standing orders was denied and the singing instead took place in the public corridors of Parliament House.[8][9]
Personal life
Gray-Barberio's younger brother, Tala Gray, is a professional rugby union player who currently plays for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu.[1] She has two sons.[1]