Sally Sitou
Australian politician
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Sally Sitou (born 24 September 1982) is an Australian politician. She currently serves as a member of parliament for the Australian Labor Party, representing the western Sydney seat of Reid.
Sally Sitou | |
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| 陈莎莉 | |
Sitou in 2023 | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Reid | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Fiona Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1982 Canley Vale, New South Wales[1], Australia |
| Party | Labor |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | https://sallysitou.com/ |
She was elected at the 2022 Australian federal election, defeating the incumbent Liberal member, Fiona Martin.[2]
Early life
Sitou was born in Canley Vale, New South Wales, the second child of Chinese Laotian parents who fled Laos after the Vietnam War.[3]
She attended Canley Vale Public School and Sefton High School, completing a bachelor degree in Psychology at Macquarie University in 2005.[4][5] Following this, she worked in international development and international education for more than ten years, including a period of time at the Department of Foreign Affairs.[6] Prior to becoming a politician, she was a doctoral researcher at the University of Sydney.[3]
Politics
Sitou joined the Australian Labor Party in 2006 and worked on the 2007 Bennelong campaign in which Maxine McKew defeated sitting prime minister John Howard.[7] She also worked as an adviser to Jason Clare, member for Blaxland.[6]
In 2021, Sitou was preselected as the Labor candidate for the Division of Reid.[8] She achieved a swing of 8.4 percent to win the seat in the May 2022 federal election.[9]
Personal life
Sitou is married with one child.[10]