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In 2016, [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Malcolm Turnbull]] spoke [[Ngunnawal language|Ngunnawal]] in a parliamentary speech, becoming the first ever Prime Minister to use an Indigenous language in Parliament.<ref name="aiatsis">https://aiatsis.gov.au/blog/indigenous-languages-australian-parliaments</ref>
 
In 1988, [[Trish Crossin]] became the first [[Australian Senate|Senator]] to give a [[maiden speech]] in an Indigenous language, speaking in [[Gumatj dialectlanguage|Gumatj]], a [[Yolŋu languages|Yolŋu]] dialect.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
 
In 1999, [[Aden Ridgeway]] introduced himself to the Senate in [[GumbayngirrGumbaynggirr language|GumbayngirrGumbaynggirr]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
 
In 2008, [[Rob Oakeshott]] became the first politician to use an Indigenous language in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], after he used three [[DhanghattiDhanggati language|DhangattiDhanggati]] words in his speech. In June 2013, he became the first politician to give a speech to any Australian parliament entirely in an Indigenous language, after giving a speech in DhangattiDhanggati with help from a linguist.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
 
In August 2016, [[Linda Burney]] gave an [[Acknowledgement of Country]] in [[Wiradjuri language|Wiradjuri]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>