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Along with the Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, who already came to France last September, it is one of the most interesting personalities in Australian politics who is making his first official trip there on Monday.
Back in government since the Labor victory last May, Penny Wong is a 54-year-old, openly gay woman born in Malaysia.
And even if, as she confided, she has sometimes been nicknamed "
the daughter of quotas
", her political rise is far from being explained by her belonging to various minorities.
A polyglot minister
Elected to the Senate since 2001, it is on these benches that she has carved out a reputation as a woman who masters her files like the back of her hand, sifting through them, when she was Leader of the Opposition, the policies of Tory ministers emerging from these hearings almost systematically rolled over, yet never raising their voices.
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Before making a name for herself in Canberra, where she was seen, according to a survey published last year…
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