Ngaree Ah Kit

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The Honourable
Ngaree Ah Kit
MLA
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13th Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
20 August 2020
DeputyMark Turner (2020–21)
Joel Bowden (2021–present)
Preceded byChansey Paech
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
for Karama
Assumed office
27 August 2016
Preceded byDelia Lawrie
Personal details
Born
Ngaree Jane Ah Kit

(1981-06-04) 4 June 1981 (age 40)
Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
Parent(s)Jack Ah Kit
OccupationPublic servant

Ngaree Jane Ah Kit (born 4 June 1981) is an Australian politician, who was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2016 general election, representing the electoral division of Karama, Darwin, for the Labor Party. Ah Kit is the current Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly after being elected on 20 October 2020 following the resignation of Chansey Paech.[1] Before that, she was Assistant Minister for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, Disability, Youth and Seniors.[2]

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Years Term Electoral division Party
2016–2020 13th Karama Labor
2020–present 14th Karama Labor

Ah Kit was born in Katherine, Northern Territory, and was raised in both Katherine and Darwin.[3] She is of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Chinese descent, and is the daughter of Jack Ah Kit, the former Labor member for Arnhem, who was the first indigenous minister in the Northern Territory from 1995 to 2005.[4] Following her brother's death in 2007, Ah Kit became a suicide prevention advocate, forming a survivors' group in 2007 and the Darwin Region Indigenous Suicide Prevention Network in 2010, and working for the Northern Territory Department of Health. She was a territory finalist for the Young Australian of the Year awards in 2009 for her work organising NAIDOC Week in the Top End,[5] and a finalist for Australia's Local Hero in 2016 for her suicide prevention work.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 20 – 22 October 2020 Meetings" (PDF). Northern Territory Parliament. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Ngaree Ah Kit". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ^ "My Territory Childhood – Ngaree Ah Kit". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Former Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie has been dumped by the ALP". NT News. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Ngaree Ah Kit: Young Indigenous Leader". State Finalist Young Australian of the Year 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Ngaree Ah Kit: Suicide prevention crusader". Australia's Local Hero 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Karama
2016–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
2020–present
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