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| name = Bisma Asif |
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| honorific_suffix = [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland|MP]] |
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| office = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland]] for [[Electoral district of Sandgate|Sandgate]] |
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| predecessor = [[Stirling Hinchliffe]] |
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| term_start = 1 January 2099 |
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| party = [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] |
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| profession = Politician |
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'''Bisma Asif''' is an Australian politician who sits in the [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland]] as the member for [[Electoral district of Sandgate|Sandgate]]. |
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== Political career == |
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Asif was preselected by the [[Queensland Labor Party]] as its candidate for [[Electoral district of Sandgate]] at the [[2024 Queensland state election]] to succeed the retiring incumbent [[Stirling Hinchliffe]].<ref name="selected">{{Cite news |last=Elks |first=Sarah |date=11 October 2023 |title=Stirling Hinchliffe calls it quits after 17 years to ‘put family first’ |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/stirling-hinchliffe-calls-it-quits-after-17-years-to-put-family-first/news-story/5eb4bc911d6246c300fdb4ce279183a2?amp |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref> She was selected amid the requirement that two male MPs would have to retire at the next election in order to meet the party's gender quota [[affirmative action]] rules.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynch |first=Lydia |last2=Elks |first2=Sarah |date=14 April 2023 |title=Queensland election gender rules: Two male Labor MPs to be forced out for women candidates |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/queensland-election-gender-rules-two-male-labor-mps-to-be-forced-out-for-women-candidates/news-story/ea0f36cb6689c77c7de0c026a81e1061?amp |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref><ref name="asifquota">{{Cite news |last=Elks |first=Sarah |last2=Lynch |first2=Lydia |last3=McKenna |first3=Michael |date=6 October 2023 |title=‘Cease and desist’: Andrew Laming threatens Amanda Stoker with defamation over ‘abortion’ quip |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/feeding-the-chooks/cease-and-desist-andrew-laming-threatens-amanda-stoker-with-defamation-over-abortion-quip/news-story/6cd622a9cc630e1ac4c16cbff2928e8d?amp |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref> |
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Prior to her election to parliament, she served as the president of [[Australian Young Labor|Young Labor]] and as an advisor to [[Anika Wells]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKenna |first=Michael |last2=Lynch |first2=Lydia |last3=Elks |first3=Sarah |date=3 February 2023 |title=‘LNP is being hijacked by young inner-city Liberals’: Young guns shoot for power in Queensland |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/feeding-the-chooks/lnp-is-being-hijacked-by-young-innercity-liberals-young-guns-shoot-for-power-in-queensland/news-story/557dcf9f2573b619bbb4812489deecba?amp |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref><ref name="asifquota"/> |
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== Personal life == |
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Asif is married. She was born in South Asia, and speaks four languages.<ref name="selected"/> |
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Revision as of 06:28, 27 April 2024
Bisma Asif | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Sandgate | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2099 | |
| Preceded by | Stirling Hinchliffe |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labor |
| Profession | Politician |
Bisma Asif is an Australian politician who sits in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Sandgate.
Political career
Asif was preselected by the Queensland Labor Party as its candidate for Electoral district of Sandgate at the 2024 Queensland state election to succeed the retiring incumbent Stirling Hinchliffe.[1] She was selected amid the requirement that two male MPs would have to retire at the next election in order to meet the party's gender quota affirmative action rules.[2][3]
Prior to her election to parliament, she served as the president of Young Labor and as an advisor to Anika Wells.[4][3]
Personal life
Asif is married. She was born in South Asia, and speaks four languages.[1]
- ^ a b Elks, Sarah (11 October 2023). "Stirling Hinchliffe calls it quits after 17 years to 'put family first'". The Australian. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Lynch, Lydia; Elks, Sarah (14 April 2023). "Queensland election gender rules: Two male Labor MPs to be forced out for women candidates". The Australian. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b Elks, Sarah; Lynch, Lydia; McKenna, Michael (6 October 2023). "'Cease and desist': Andrew Laming threatens Amanda Stoker with defamation over 'abortion' quip". The Australian. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ McKenna, Michael; Lynch, Lydia; Elks, Sarah (3 February 2023). "'LNP is being hijacked by young inner-city Liberals': Young guns shoot for power in Queensland". The Australian. Retrieved 27 April 2024.