Grace Grace

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Grace Grace
Grace Grace

Grace Grace is an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in Brisbane Central since the October 2007 by-election.[1]

She was born Ignazia Farfaglia[2] in Brisbane, Queensland, the daughter of an Italian migrant cane cutter. She was an industrial relations advisor in the government of Prime Minister Paul Keating, until 1995 when she was elected as assistant general secretary, and in 2000 the first female general secretary, of the Queensland Council of Unions.[3]

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  1. ^ Labor wins Brisbane by-election, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 14 October 2007.
  2. ^ Union rules with the ALP, The Courier-Mail, 6 October 2007.
  3. ^ Notable unionist tipped for seat, The Australian, 12 September 2007.

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